At Odds
kuí · Fire over LakeLook for one small point you can agree on.
小事吉。
Fire rises while the lake sinks, so the two drift apart. People are seeing things differently right now. Full agreement is out of reach, but small matters can still go well.
The six lines
初九：悔亡，喪馬勿逐，自復；見惡人无咎。
Regret fades. Do not chase a lost horse; it can find its way back. Meet even people you dislike; that open door does no harm.
九二：遇主于巷，无咎。
You run into the person who matters by chance in a back lane. An informal route is fine when the formal one is blocked.
六三：見輿曳，其牛掣，其人天且劓，无初有終。
Your cart is dragged back, your ox held fast, and you feel branded and disfigured. A bad start, yet this can still end well.
九四：睽孤，遇元夫，交孚，厲无咎。
Isolated in the middle of discord, you meet someone good at heart. Trust forms between you. The situation stays risky, but you avoid blame.
六五：悔亡，厥宗噬膚，往何咎。
Regret fades. Your own people bite through as if into tender meat, and the gap closes easily. Go to them; where is the fault?
上九：睽孤，見豕負塗，載鬼一車，先張之弧，後說之弧，匪寇婚媾，往遇雨則吉。
Alone, you imagine a filthy pig and a cart of ghosts. You draw your bow, then lower it: a suitor, not a raider. Rain clears things.
The I Ching is a tool for reflection. Do not use it as the basis for medical, legal or money decisions.