Hexagram 41 • Line 5

Six in the fifth place

“Someone does indeed increase him. Ten pairs of tortoises cannot oppose it. Supreme good fortune.”
— Wilhelm/Baynes

Shang dynasty inscribed tortoise

The oldest method of divination was by using tortoise shells which evolved into The Book of Changes. To receive 20 tortoise shells was a sign of fate, being blessed from a higher source.

Nothing can stop you with your plans. You will be showered with riches of the spirit and more than you can now imagine.

Six in the fifth place changes to hexagram 61.
Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 61.

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