Stick Four — Stick Four · Dingmao, the Lamp in the Willows

丁卯

FavorableThe wind is with you, if you sail.

A small flame among green branches
does not fight the daylight.
It waits for the hour that needs it.

Dingmao is a held flame in a soft season — light that knows its hour. As a timing reading, it favours the deliberately small move made at the right moment over the grand move made early. Something in your plans works better slightly later and slightly smaller than first drafted. Watch for the hour when your particular light is actually needed; until then, tend the wick and stay unhurried.

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