☲火🔥 Fire
☴風🍃 Wind
木上有火,鼎; 君子以正位凝命。
Fire over wood: The Cauldron. Superior people consolidate fate by correcting their position.
鼎: 元吉,亨。
The Cauldron: Great good fortune. Success.
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鼎玉鉉,大吉, 无不利。
The cauldron has carrying-rings of jade. Great good fortune. Everything is beneficial.
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鼎黃耳,金鉉,利貞。
The cauldron has yellow handles & golden carrying-rings. Beneficial to continue.
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鼎折足,覆公餗, 其形渥,凶。
Legs of the cauldron are split. The ruler’s meal is spilled & his person soiled. Misfortune.
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鼎耳革,其行塞, 雉膏不食, 方雨虧悔,終吉。
The lifting hooks of the cauldron are removed; the activity is blocked. Rich food is not eaten. When it rains, regret vanishes. It turns out well.
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鼎有實, 我仇有疾, 不我能即,吉。
Food in the cauldron. My associates are envious, but they do no harm. Good fortune.
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鼎顛趾, 利出否, 得妾以其子, 无咎。
A cauldron with legs upturned. Beneficial to remove stagnation. One adopts a concubine for the sake of her son. No blame.