Stick #18: Gradually Improving (Moderately Favorable)
初行幽谷渐开扬，好景从今慢慢长。耐心守得云开日，花明又一村在旁。
Plain reading
This lot says the scene is turning better. At first like a deep valley, now it opens; good days lengthen. Wait for cloud to break — beyond the willows another village waits. Hold on.
Interpretation
"Gradually Improving" is a moderately favorable stick. From narrow valley to open view — beauty grows slowly. "Another village in the light" means patience until sky clears; the turn is near.
Advice
If life feels flat, do not lose heart. Keep walking — better ground is ahead.
Drawn from Lu You's "Visiting a Mountain Village" — "beyond endless peaks and water, willows shade and flowers brighten another village" — new road after hardship.