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37 settled, at home, within a system
40 having a choice of system or even no system
(Dear anemos, I didn't edit your post - just clicked on the wrong button)- - sorry!)
(Dear anemos, I didn't edit your post - just clicked on the wrong button)- - sorry!)
the writing games thread its a nice example of 37 vs 40.
rosada (before the lost posts) said:Just deleted long wordy post that didn't make any sense...
I was trying to see if there could be a connection between the individual lines and there does seem to be but I can't get my head around what the significance is.
Both lines one being at normal - 37 because it doesn't know any different, 40 because it hasn't gone any where yet.
Both lines 2 say perseverance furthers.
Both lines 3 say perseverance brings misfortune.
Line 37.4 says She is the treasure of the house. 40.4 says Get rid of your cling on friends (and go home to your treasure of the house.)
Line 37.5 says The king approaches. (I see you coming home.) 40.5 says The man delivers himself. (I am coming home.)
37.6 says Good fortune comes. 40.6 says Everything serves to further.
rosada said:Once again I think we're doing hexagram 40 right here. In trying to understand the opposites in my earlier posting (#104) i felt i was rambling - I had wandered too far away from the known and was no longer making sense. So perhaps the message of 37 - 40 is stay connected, don't wander off.
rosada said:Anyway, I like the idea of 37 vs. 40 being expressed as
Within the boundaries - Outside the boundaries.
Normal - Return to normal
btw..
Thinking about the idea of family it occurred to me that in astrology the sign Cancer ruled by the Moon is the sign of mother, home and family, while the opposite sign Capricorn ruled by Saturn is the sign of father and career. The moon is known for acting crazy, lunacy. Saturn is known for being the strict taskmaster imposing severe limits. 37.3 talks about it being better to have strict limits rather than lunacy.
...except here. 39's the opposite of 38. That's the only place in the whole book that a hexagram is followed by its opposite without being paired with it.
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