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On December 2, 2009 at 5:18 AM  dengmingdao asked:

What will happen to B's mother?

and received a response of:
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43 Decisiveness

The Statement of the first hexagram

Decisiveness. Proclaim in the royal court.

Trust in the commands. Be stern.

There will be severity.

Announce to your own city.

There is no gain in going to war.

Gain by having a place to go.

The changing lines

no changing lines
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Lake rising to heaven:
decisiveness. The noble one
bestows wealth
to those below
and shuns dwelling
on his own virtues.
 
 

Comments for this reading

Recently, I learned that B's mother is nearly completely recovered. So in terms of this hexagram, I would say that the decisiveness was the necessary and immediate medical attention. "There will be severity," was obviously a reference to the illness and the suffering. One might even see relevance in "bestows wealth to those below" because the wound was in the lower part of the body.
by dengmingdao

Recently, I learned that B's mother was out of the hospital and coming home. B flew back home to care for his mother and to help her get settled. His father is elderly and not up to moving or situating his wife, so it makes sense for B to go back home."Proclaim in the royal court," and "Announce to your own city," here means preparing the family. "Gain by having a place to go," means going home. I take it that "not dwelling on his own virtues" means that B should humbly lend himself to the situation and serve with out any though of gain. That's just what he's doing.
by dengmingdao

B's mother is undergoing a health crisis and is in the hospital. She is undergoing emergency surgery and may well need more surgery in the immediate future. I have urged B to travel back home and take care of his mother. The fact that this is an unchanging hexagram means that the situation will not change. This hexagram promises neither good nor bad fortune. It does say that immediate action is necessary, which tallies with the swift medical intervention that is required. "There will be severity" is certainly an understatement. And "announce to your own city," certainly is a reference to the rallying together of the family necessary. The image of "bestowing wealth on those below" is an allusion to the aid that is now necessary to secure through generosity, and it is time for others in the family to put their own interests aside for the mother's sake.
by dengmingdao