Divine Blessing

Heaven shields its birth. Wise Words! The Way is open. Nothing not advantageous. Harvesting. Heaven protects your endeavor. This will benefit everything. Though your advance is temporarily entangled, have no fear. Going through the hardship opens the way to real blessing. Be resolute and part from the past. You are connected to a creative force.

上九, 自天祐之, 吉无不利.

He is blessed by heaven. Good fortune. Nothing that does not further. ##### Comments In the fullness of possession and at the height of power, one remains modest and gives honor to the sage who stands outside the affairs of the world. By this means one puts oneself under the beneficent influence descending form heaven, and all goes well. Confucius says of this line: To bless means to help. Heaven helps the man who is devoted; men help the man who is true. He who walks in truth and is devoted in his thinking, and furthermore reveres the worthy, is blessed by heaven. He has good fortune, and there is nothing that would not further.