I Ching hexagram 40: Lôi Thủy Giải (解, Deliverance)
Hexagram 40 in the received order of the Zhou Yi is Lôi Thủy Giải (解, Deliverance): upper trigram Chấn ☳ (Thunder), lower trigram Khảm ☵ (Water); the six lines from the bottom: yin, yang, yin, yang, yin, yin.
Upper trigram
Chấn ☳ (Thunder)
Lower trigram
Khảm ☵ (Water)
Six lines, bottom up
yin, yang, yin, yang, yin, yin
Inverse
37, Phong Hỏa Gia Nhân
Reversed
39, Thủy Sơn Kiển
Nuclear
63, Thủy Hỏa Ký Tế
Numbering follows the received Zhou Yi (King Wen order). The I Ching is an ancient work of philosophy.
Shan Ze Sun, hexagram 41 of the I Ching, holds that what is below decreases so what is above gains. Its Judgment, Image and six line texts are covered here.
Is 40 too late to look for love? Tử Vi reads the Phu Thê palace and Cô Quả stars, psychology looks at marriage age. No single age is absolutely too late.
Hexagram 52 Thuần Cấn in the I Ching teaches the way of knowing when to stop: the judgment on 'stopping at the back' and the six line texts from toe to cheek.
Thái Bạch is the most inauspicious star in Cửu Diệu, tied to loss and betrayal. A monthly ritual on the 15th lunar day, facing West with 8 lamps, may help.