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Jin :: Advance

Awarded breeding horses :: Given royal audience thrice in a single day1

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6 :: first
Advance and retreat together. Behaving properly avoids misfortune.
You are uncertain how to act. Awkwardness at the beginning does not cause problems. Quickly learning to behave properly avoids misfortune.
9 :: second
Joy and sorrow together. Auspicious. Blessings come from the royal mother.
You lack grace while awkwardly advancing (joy and sorrow). You are healed and/or guided by your matrilineal ancestors, predecessors or mentors.
6 :: third
Advance with trust and loyalty. Troubles disappear.
Sincerity is rewarded. Success in this situation is won through social connections and a reputation for integrity. Wait calmly and success will be delivered by fate. You are in the trusted hands of loyal helpers. Protocol is everything.
9 :: fourth
Advancing like a rodent. Danger.
Stealing what will be given to you is disgraceful. Ill-gotten gains and greed (rodents) create jeopardy. Your inappropriate conduct breeds resentment. Be patient.
9 :: fifth
Troubles disappear. Gain and loss are not important. Auspicious.
Grace and fate sustain you. You are beyond the need for approval and reward. Advance is now natural and smooth. You may let go of a concern for gain or loss.
6 :: top
Advancing with horns. Attack the walled city. Danger.
Auspicious. Small regrets.
You are fated to advance with force. Using force is sometimes necessary in small matters (walled city), but your use of force is costly.
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Jin is simply a very good omen. It is a situation where successful work (breeding horses) and strong connections (three royal audiences) bring success. Your past efforts bloom naturally into reward. All that is required of you is that you naturally and patiently accept the rewards with grace. Acting with grace turns the positive gains into radiant success. The situation is like a welcomed, but expected, sunrise, inspiring birds to fly up into the light.

Auspices

Progress of all kinds is possible, but gentleness and grace are recommended. Confident subordination is the natural response to this sort of pre-ordained success, but keep an eye out for the envious. Do not let greed or bad manners ruin it.

Good for family matters, gift-giving, marriage, and good manners.
Bad for bragging, greediness, and excessive use of force.
Comment

Sometimes success, promotion and advance simply occur due to fate (one's time has come). In this sort of situation the protocol of gratitude and decorum demonstrate the highest forms of culture and civilization.

Jin is not about the prize, or what you did to win it; but about the expressions of grace in the face of good fortune. This grace demonstrates itself in humility and generosity. Cultivating oneself (caring for the ancestral shrine) makes one ready for the gifts of fate. The truth is, nothing is accomplished without a network of co-factors and helpers (family and friends [alive and dead]). Modesty and grace express our interconnectedness.

Other Correspondences
Business: Acknowledging employees, capital gains, profit sharing, acquisitions, and mergers.
Disharmonies: Sub-medical symptoms flaring up, and qi deficiency.
Prognosis: Very good. The patient reforms bad habits, finds a good physician, takes good medicine, and recovers easily.