Happy Union

The great ancestor offers the maidens in marriage. Use this happiness and satisfaction. It is the footstep of the spirit. Wise Words! The Way to the Source is open. This is an omen of great future happiness. You make the new connection with a single try. Gather with others and share what you have. Make a hidden offering and stay true to yourself. The old quarrels will disappear and new friends will seek you out. Step outside the norms and re-imagine the situation. Co-operate with the ongoing process of change.

六五, 帝乙歸妹, 以祉元吉.

The sovereign I Gives his daughter in marriage. And supreme good fortune. ##### Comments The sovereign I is T'ang the Completer. By his decree the imperial princesses, although higher in rank than their husbands, had to obey them like all other wives. Here too we are shown a truly modest union of high and low that brings happiness and blessings.