That’s how the third line of Hexagram 6, Arguing, begins: ‘Eating ancient de. Constancy: danger. In the end, good fortune. Maybe following king’s business, No accomplishment.’ It’s unusual for Yi to talk in abstract imagery in this way – eating not food, but de. De, as in Daodejing, is virtue,… Read more »Eating ancient de?
I’ve been hearing from quite a few people lately who are wondering what to do when they’re consulting the I Ching, and their coins behave oddly. What if one rolls away? What if it ends up under the furniture? Or propped up against something so it doesn’t land flat? Of… Read more »I Ching coins questions
After my last post with its cautionary tale, it’s good to be able to tell you that the new site design will go live this month. So this would be a space to watch. 😉 Meanwhile, here’s a preview of the new navigation: The real thing is altogether bigger, brighter… Read more »Preview of the new design
One of the trickier aspects of interpreting an I Ching reading has to be working out what scale the oracle’s using. By which I mean, if it says ‘good fortune’, is that a lottery win or a pot of jam in the raffle (for instance)? Does ‘misfortune’ mean mild inconvenience,… Read more »Grasping the scale of an I Ching reading
Crispy hexagrams – of course. Superb idea. “In 3,000 years, divination never tasted so good!”
If you’ve ever wondered about purchasing Alfred Huang’s Complete I Ching – I’ve just come across a site where you can browse through his full translation (though not his commentary) in a beautifully clear presentation. Huang’s name is somewhat hard to find, tucked away as it is on the ‘references’… Read more »Browse the ‘Complete I Ching’
Here’s an excerpt from Osho, talking about divination to a student of astrology. He says that it’s possible to make predictions about people only because ‘people live like mechanical things’. (Strong words, but you know what he means.) “If you know the past of the person, unless the person is… Read more »Osho: not predicting the future
