A. Wait. 12 -- Divorcement --12 . It could be a strong friendship, alliance, or other relationship. Judgment . Increase and decrease are both part of the natural cycle of life. Hexagram 36 Ming Yi Brightness Hiding. Pathfinder Hexagram 21 Correction The model of the moment: Compromise is unsuitable in this circumstance, child. Not an ultimate end. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 21 Biting Through: Discern. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 24 Return: Go Back. One sometimes receives this figure in situations involving third-party. I Ching Hexagram 21 Shi Ho (Biting Through). Line-1. "-- D. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 8 Union: Discover. Genuine like Earth, Prominently pregnant I meditate in discreet reserveI Ching Hexagram 37 Chia Jen (Family). Home; Services;. Wooing is how you attract those things that you desire. Pathfinder Hexagram 47 Trapped The model of the moment: You are surrounded by enemies or inundated with adversity. ) The thirty-fifth hexagram shows the trigram of Clarity progressing over the earth -- an image of advancing awareness. It is seen as a sequel to the previous hexagram,Initiative. There are times when immediate escape is the only reasonable option. Pathfinder Hexagram 08 Counsel The model of the moment: This represents the potential for you forming a new, close association, child. In Hexagram 44, we are encountering, meeting or ‘coupling’ with a powerful woman. Other titles: The Wanderer, The Symbol of the Traveler, The Exile, Sojourning, The Newcomer, To Lodge, To Travel, Traveling, The Stranger, Strangers, The Traveling Stranger, The Outsider, The Alien, The Gnostic, The Tarot Fool, Wandering, Homeless,. Some of these problems seem to stem from inadequate planning on the part of someone involved; perhaps yourself. The characters share a root with the shi or Corpse Embodiers who were possessed by ancestor spirits at the shared meals and the shi or book diviners, the bamboo-shamans. To sustain others we must first deal with our won needs. The common benefit might be something along the lines of a small business loan from the government, subsidized education, or public transit. That two could accomplish more than one. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY-FOUR -- TEMPTATION . We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 44: Coming to Meet: Encounter. They must develop a more yielding personality so that their local contact, or host, can open doors and pave the way. At the least, it can sometimes bring sorely needed help even to one who deserves it not. Hook . Favored as he is, however, by the general idea of the hexagram, and responding to his proper correlate in the fourth line, it is natural that he should make a movement. Cleary (2):. 1 (35 > 21) - T HE 3 IN H EXAGRAM. Liu: The lake on top of the mountain symbolizes Attraction. Take responsibility. The former are "the great," active and vigorous; the latter are "the inferior," passive and yielding. Hexagram 32 Héng, Steady the helm of the heart. 9: Small Influences. It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 63 After Completion: Renew. Feeling confined, we may serve base desires with a type of neediness that is not healthy. Pathfinder Hexagram 38 Competition The model of the moment: Diversity in opinion and method is as essential to human affairs as genetic diversity is to life itself. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 48 The Well: Inspire. Psychic Revelation. After moving like the dance of a tiger I realize I am. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 64 Before Completion: Prepare. Summer (27): Ripen the fruits by clearing the channels of communication. Great Success. And success usually demands such a commitment. Hexagram 30 Li Clarity. The heart grows daily humbler, while the virtue grows daily higher. As evolution encourages a wealth of testing among large numbers of traits to determine the best species for a particular niche, so too does economic competition perform a similar service for. Nine in the fourth place. HEXAGRAM NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN -- NOURISHMENT . 6. Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 3. The Pair 29:30 Ghost River and Radiance is an Engine of Change that develops the courage to accept all challenges and the clarity to be of help to others. If you cannot change the direction of the wind, adjust your sails and let it guide you. It can delight and sustain with its gentleness, versatility, and beauty. Help will appear when you are open to receive it. I Ching Hexagram 39 Jian (Obstruction). Humiliation but the end is reached. A situation in which the motive forces are represented by three. Legge: The first line, magnetic, suggests the idea of grass pulled up, and bringing with it other stalks with whose roots it is connected. The possibilities are many. Wilhelm/Baynes. The Superior Man performs his allotted tasks in consonance with heaven's (or the sovereign's) will. [The arrangement of the component trigrams suggests glimpses of the sky among the peaks of the mountains. HEXAGRAM NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT – MUTUAL ALIENATION . Be inviting, tolerant and productive. The path is clear and success is yours. Action: Inspire. Reading at a Glance: When. I Ching Hexagram 36 Ming Yi (Brightness Hiding). Help others by sharing what you have learned while delving into the well spring of your source of inspiration. Use your imagination and don’t fall into self-pity. 4. Recognition and respect are yours. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FIFTY-SIX – TRANSITION . Reading at a Glance: At some. Hexagram 2. Note that inertia of behavior and preferences will naturally recall old patterns here, if allowed. – Gloria Anzaldua It is the season to wait as the tree does in the winter. . – Mahatma Ghandi. The I Ching, or the ancient Chinese Book of Changes is the oldest divination oracle still in use today. an irresistible impulse to perform an irrational act. The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind. Six in the third place changes to hexagram 57. Hexagram 49. "-- D. Hexagram #28's Lower Trigram of Wind. Eating properly implies care for oneself; providing healthy meals in the home implies caring for the family. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of approaching and being approached. Six in the Fifth Place39: Temporary Obstacles. He need not be anxious -- without his efforts a way of escape will be opened for him. This turns your desire to connect your action with the spirit into inner. The efforts of people dedicated to noble causes are nurtured. The progression in the hexagram is from ignorance to clarity, and then in line six, ignorance within clarity -- i. . 5. People call this Hexagram ‘innocence’ or ‘without embroiling’ or ‘pestilence. All lines: Fruitful: everlasting divination. Line-1 Legge: The first line, magnetic, shows the looking of a child -- not blamable in those of inferior rank, but a matter of regret in superior men. The subject of the sixth line shows more of the spirit of the hexagram than most. Meditate. We can be our own. This is the core of mysticism. C. Sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny. Pathfinder Hexagram 28 Breaking Point The model of the moment: When large actions or great excesses dominate the news of the day, you can expect changes of unusually large proportions. Advantageous to have a place to go. In hexagram 41, the trigrams Mountain over Lake are defined by their human symbols. Outer to Inner: The process transforms the Gatekeeper trigram in the outer world of 27 into the Matchmaker trigram in the inner world of 28. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 39 Obstruction: Innovate. Such movement is a reversal of polarities. If the thirteenth hexagram depicts a process of uniting, the fourteenth might be seen as the completion of that process. Hence he must possess the qualities of the hexagram in perfection. Legge: At the top of the hexagram ornament has run its course and there is a return to pure white simplicity. Thus the superior man brightens his character. Tis not the many oaths that make the truth; but the plain single vow, that is vowed true. Visitors, and 14. 11: Harmony. 42 -- Increase -- 42 . Spring (5): Rouse new growth. I Ching Hexagram 24 Fu (Return). 5. But rarely can persuasion stand alone for long. This is a time when it will be easy to cultivate mutual trust in relationships and partnerships. Pathfinder Hexagram 02 Effect The model of the moment: There are things behind the scenes of which you are unaware. Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. NOTE: In general terms, the hexagram's upper trigram symbolizes external forces, and the. There is a destiny that makes us brothers, no one goes his way alone; All that we send into the lives of others comes back. Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow. No challenge is greater than that of providing leadership to a group. Hexagram 34 Da Zhuang Great Power. I Ching Hexagram 35 Chin (Progress). I Ching Hexagram 54 Kui Mei (Propriety). 46 -- Pushing Upward -- 46 . Take no action, as it will bring disaster in the long term. Energy levels favor the beginning of new ventures, or the solving of large problems. . Action: Support. Though you feel held back, this is for your own good. The old character shows a scholar, or an impressive man, and half the character for ‘tree’. The guidance of the I Ching will turn on and tune up your intuition. –. It is seen as a sequel to the previous hexagram,Initiative. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FOUR -- INEXPERIENCE . HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY – LIBERATION . 2. Perseverance despite the misjudgement of others is vital. Not losing the ladle, the libation. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of a disturbing and inspiring shock. "-- D. Be alert. If you can turn towards it and cooperate, it will be a prosperous time. F. 64 - Every cycle ends and begins in chaos. The I Ching or Book of Changes is one of the world's most ancient manuscripts. Pathfinder Hexagram 31 Exposure The model of the moment: Intimate or close relationships might involve lovers, family, friends, or business partners. Outer to Inner: The process transforms the Matchmaker trigram in the outer world of 61 into the Gatekeeper trigram in. What is unobservable in this world is gestating in unseen form. This is a most auspicious time. The K'ang-hsi editors point out that the distinction between hexagram number forty-eight, The Well, and this one is the difference between the nourishment of the people in general and the specific nourishing of worthy men. This hexagram represents the presence of white within black, restoring yang within yin. Action: Go Back. Domination. 40 -- Liberation -- 40 . Action: Let Go Hu Gua (hidden influence) 37 Family: Support. The hexagram describes a state of imbalance where the strong is too strong and the weak is too weak. Hexagram #28 ䷚ Excess of the Great: This hexagram represents harmonious blending of the medicinal substances, in which fullness requires use of emptiness. Hexagram 28 is one of those with rotational symmetry (you can turn it upside down and it’s still the same hexagram), so in the Sequence it’s paired with its complement, 27, Nourishment: ‘Great Exceeding overbalances. – EmersonPathfinder Hexagram 42 Benefit The model of the moment: This is a good time for any endeavor; but especially large ventures. Women's persistence brings reward. Nevertheless, he is sick or in distress. Oppositions can then be dealt with. Six in the third place changes to hexagram 28. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 37 Family: Support. The central idea is. Do not despair. Action: Accommodate Hu Gua (hidden influence) 63 After Completion: Renew. " Analogous to gods or cosmic forces, their "laws" are like the laws of karma or of nature -- inexorable in their outcome. The weak force is more powerful than gravity, and the smallest of life forms are the most successful. Yin’s primary quality is receptivity to Yang. 6. Don’t make plans, just listen. ’. Legge: Increase denotes advantage in every movement which shall be undertaken -- it will be advantageous even to cross the great. Cleary (1): For liberation, the southwest is beneficial. The course usually recommended for such times: You should make it obvious to all that your own advance benefits everyone, both. Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain. You may be in some danger for a short time. This was the birth of cooperation among people. F. Avoid taking action, as it would result only in disaster. The superior man makes his destiny firm with a correct position. Hexagram 28 - Ta Kuo. 6. Implicit in this curious challenge is a need to evaluate your competence to further the Work. Legge:Contraction means collecting together, or things so collected. F. Spring is coming. Beware of confusing ideas and hasty plans. Our attitudes also guide our actions and. Compare the Judgment of this hexagram with hexagrams and lines 17:6, 45:2, 46:2, 46:4, 47:2, 47:5 and 63:5 for further insights on this extremely important tenet of the Work. Cleary (1): Constancy in virtue; this righteousness is. If this is going to be done, then it must as well be done with as much skill and carefulness as possible. HEXAGRAM NUMBER TWENTY-NINE – DANGER . HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY-SIX – PUSHING UPWARD . Don’t just think about it, do something. 38: Diverging Interests. 19: Approach of Spring. Blood Ward, Buzzing Bites, Cackle, Clinging Ice. Action: Shine. Ritsema/Karcher: Above wood possessing fire. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes a lake situated upon a mountain. Hexagram 62 - Hsaio Kuo. Compulsion:1a. Legge: The subject of the hexagram is perseverance in what is right, or in continuously acting out the law of one's being. Liu:The Family. Hex. The course usually recommended for such. Other titles: Coming to Meet, The Symbol of Meeting, Contact, Sexual Intercourse, Encountering, Coupling, Infiltration by Inferior Men, Adultery "Contains a definite warning about a person or situation which may appear harmless but will prove. While some obscure Sumerian or Egyptian texts may pre-date it slightly, the I Ching is unique in that it is more available today than at any other time in its history: it has to be the oldest continuously published book on the planet. People come and go, but the well remains a well. Liu: Fire. Do not worry over what seems gone. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 26 Controlled Power: Amplify. There is a connection to the spirits that will carry you through. Hexagram #29 is composed of two 3-line trigrams mounted over and under each other. The number seven is the first of another hexagram. Pathfinder Hexagram 22 Perfection The model of the moment: Enthusiasm and ornamentation have their place, especially in traditional rituals. Supreme success! Like the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, a person whose fortunes have turned for the better shines brightly now. Other Titles: Youthful Folly, The Symbol of Covering, Immaturity, Uncultivated Growth, Youth, Acquiring Experience, Youthful Ignorance, Enveloping, Folly, Darkness "Often the I Ching uses this hexagram to show us that we should not be asking this question. Your worth will be recognized. Such relationships strip away our privacy to expose much more of us to others than is the case in other associations. The Oracle of 43, though, seems to tell the story of an idea: ‘Deciding, tell it in the king’s chambers. James Legge; Taoscopy (GB) Taoscopy; Charles de Harlez; Taoscopie; Taoszkópia; 35. HEXAGRAM NUMBER TWELVE -- DIVORCEMENT. The other two hexagrams that contain the idea of advance are number thirty-five, Advance of Consciousness and number forty-six, Pushing Upward -- each expresses its own nuance of meaning, and here the nuance is the gradual manner in which the advance takes place. Pathfinder Hexagram 28 Breaking Point The model of the moment: When large actions or great excesses dominate the news of the day, you can expect changes of unusually. Exposure to danger brings good fortune to those who move beyond it. I Ching Hexagram 33 Tun (Retreat). Blofeld:The Family. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 40 Liberation: Untangle. A great pressure is causing an imbalance that needs correction. Let go. Pathfinder Hexagram 10 Risk The model of the moment: When you must take a risk in the face of powerful and dangerous forces, the quality of your behavior is critical to your success, and sometimes to your very survival. The king's mind is without any deflection as he goes to his ancestral temple. an act of compelling: a driving by force, power, pressure, or necessity. Shake scaring a hundred miles. "-- D. ] Liu: Wind following wind symbolizes Penetration. Reliable . IN THE MANIFESTED REALITY. Other titles: Family Life, Clan, Home, Linkage, Dwelling People, The Psyche, "May indicate a situation where the family can and should help. As that figure deals with the correct relations . If you strive always to be on top, your fall may be. I Ching Hexagram 56 Lu (The Wanderer). Voyager, there are no bridges; one builds them as one walks. Summer (38): Ripen the fruits. Six in the fourth place changes to hexagram 16. Being in accord with the scheme of things removes all obstacles. Other titles: After Completion, The Symbol of What is Already Past, Already Fording, Already Completed, Settled, Mission Accomplished, Tasks Completed, After the End, A state of Climax Judgment . "-- D. From what seemed old and without much. Pathfinder Hexagram 59 Flow The model of the moment: Water, like life, is a multifaceted phenomenon. Jian, limping invokes the culture hero Yu the Great, the Limping God who tamed the flood, created writing, cast the first sacred vessels and opened the channels of the Water Way. Persevere with awareness. Legge: The free course. A sense of inner radiance is the source of this good news. The course usually recommended for such times: Do. No rest. Maintain a cheerful. To yield is to be preserved whole. I Ching Hexagram 45. The progression in the hexagram is from ignorance to clarity, and then in line six, ignorance within clarity -- i. To have found wholeness is the greatest blessing. Though we usually think of them only in industrial or technological terms, they are relevant also to interpersonal relationships and life paths. When you lose your way, life always hands you a map that says: ‘you are here. The first line, divided, shows one wishing to advance,and (at the same time) kept back. 49 -- Metamorphosis -- 49 . Action: Reignite. Pathfinder Hexagram 45 Meeting The model of the moment: Just as water sometimes congregates in large bodies as a response to changes in the environment, so too do people gather in periodic assemblies. On the symbolism of "seven days," Ch'eng-tzu says: "The places of a hexagram amount to six. The course usually recommended for such times: Sometimes all that is needed to rectify a situation is a single decision. – ConfuciusThis hexagram is complementary to hex. To form buds in quiet patience leads to great reward. Limits are necessary to channel energy, guide purpose, and lend direction to life. I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape, the loneliness of it – the dead feeling of winter. Hexagram 40 is paired with and follows from 39, Limping or Difficulties: ‘Things cannot end with hardship, and so Release follows. Or you might be awaiting a decision in regards to your future welfare. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 43: Determination: Breakthrough. I wrote about this a while ago: Hexagrams 28 and 62 are both about guo: ‘passing, going by, exceeding’. Nine in the fifth place changes to hexagram 46. Advantageous Trial. Excess of one thing attracts or causes its opposite. Instinct is the bubbling of Te excited by the prospect of your coming-to-be-real. Summer (42): Ripen the fruits by increasing involvements. The lesson of the hexagram is that the nourishing of men of talent and virtue intimates great progress and success. Ritsema/Karcher: Brightness issuing-forth above earth. Prosperity in both material possessions and inner peace is indicated. Winter (28): Find the seed of the new by standing alone without fear. The hexagram means looking ahead, by offering encouragement or being encouraged to face the future. The Oracle may use this hexagram to indicate that it is referring to a situation that is ending or has passed rather than to one that is approaching. The Pair 1:2 Force and Field is an Engine of Change that develops the transformative power to both inspire and realize things. Not only in physical sustenance, but spiritual as well. we have a new attitude that can approach becoming great. Hook Judgment . The development of the condition may have been gradual but the transformation is sudden and significant. If the weak continually surrenders while. Cleary (1): In sameness with people, first there is weeping, afterward laughter. If the rope does not reach all the way into the well, of if the bucket breaks, that is unfortunate. Pathfinder Hexagram 17 Survival The model of the moment: Pain and unhappiness must often precede great achievement, child. an irresistible impulse to perform an irrational act. Bad prospects for marriage or partnership. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 1 Creative: Initiate. Nine in the Second Place. The temple in which the sacred marriage takes place is the world. Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible sun within us. ] Cleary (2):Delight comes through, beneficial if correct. Pathfinder Hexagram 06 Conflict The model of the moment: Strife is unavoidable here. Throughout all the cultures of the world, the well has served as a symbol for that which sustains life and provides a constant, inexhaustible source of nourishment. Sudden and significant change. A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension. iChing 28: Excessive Pressure 28: Excessive Pressure Something is about to collapse. You can’t force things before the right time for action. There is no real difficulty that requires outward movement. – Emerson. Brighten people’s understanding. Yet they too are living beings, and crave warmth, help, and. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FIFTY-SIX – TRANSITION . A great pressure is causing an imbalance that needs correction. The ebb and flow of events are like waves in the sea, and there are periods of low tide. Hexagram 60 - Chieh. Outer to Inner: the process of the pair transforms the Creator t rigram in the outer world of 1 into the Midwife trigram in the inner world of 2. Reading at a Glance: Oftentimes we feel that life is unfair. Legge: Line one is dynamic, but his low position might seem to prevent him from any great enterprise. I Ching Hexagram 40 Jie (Liberation) Action: Untangle. Correct mistakes before they spread. The Oracle. Small-minded and self-serving forces arise when the powers of clarity and creativity are on the decline; the inmates are overrunning the prison and its guards. Stand by what you know is true and have the strength to stand alone. HEXAGRAM NUMBER 30 -- CLARITY . The other two hexagrams that contain the idea of advance are number thirty-five, Advance of Consciousness and number forty-six, Pushing Upward -- each expresses its own nuance of meaning, and here the nuance is the gradual manner in which the advance takes place. There is disturbance by unusual needs and events. The power comes from understanding the beast. Sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny. I Ching Hexagram 59. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY-TWO -- INCREASE . 1. The hexagram means falling in love. This time. Hook. In the I Ching, the hexagram fu, signifying the Return (one yang line beneath five yin lines) is the symbol of the rebirth of the Yang. But care must be taken that the superficial behavior and fragile beauty of the moment are not mistaken for ultimate truth. The fifteenth and sixteenth hexagrams, each the inverse of the other, represent magnetic and dynamic aspects of the same general idea: Enthusiasm, when it emanates from the Self, is just Temperance in action. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes thunder over a pool. You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within. This situation speaks to both teachers and students; to the circumstance of knowledge being passed from one generation to the next. It should be seen as a virtue, and noted as being wholly voluntary on your part. To put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 19 Approach: Advance. The transformative process of the pair 43:44 Breakthrough and Coupling develops the courage to speak at a critical moment and the patience to let yourself be influenced by the encounters that result. Commit to the situation. Your motives are good. Like a reservoir used to irrigate the fields, learning to accept a temporary decrease—in position, feelings, or material possessions—prepares. Thunderbolt and earthquake. In such a situation the person. Great is your advance and support given. ) Limping is a hexagram of uphill struggle. The Superior Man reflects in his person the glory of heaven's virtue. The loss may in fact be our own. A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that is unlocked and opens inwards, as. In periods of standstill or stagnation, confusion and disorder can prevail. Hsiao Kua Small Exceeding. Other titles: Preponderance of the Small, The Symbol of Excess in Small Things, The Small get by, Slight Excess, Small Exceeding, Small Surpassing, Excess of the Small, Small gains, Conscientiousness, Smallness in Excess, Exceeding the Mean, Proliferation. While some obscure Sumerian or Egyptian texts may pre-date it slightly, the I Ching is unique in that it is more available today than at any other time in its history: it has to be the oldest continuously published book on the planet. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 34 Great Power: Invigorate.