(This is, aptly enough, going to be a series of posts – though not an endless one…) Introducing ‘ever-flowing constancy’ Zhen, ‘constancy’, is the fifth word of the whole Yijing: 乾元亨利貞qian, yuan heng li zhen ‘Creative force, from-the-source creating-success, harvest in constancy.’ Or for those translators, like Stephen Field, who… Read more »Ever-flowing constancy
In this month’s episode, Slavica is asking what to do about a developing relationship. Yi responds with Hexagram 13, People in Harmony, changing at lines 1, 2 and 6 to 28, Great Exceeding: changing to I hope you enjoy listening – and if you’d like to join WikiWing, you can… Read more »Relationship in transition
When qian, heaven, is the inner trigram, it might be realised through… Then what? The remaining two hexagrams with qian inside are 34, Great Vigour – heaven inside thunder – and 43, Deciding – heaven inside the lake. Creative force expressed through swift initiative? and through joyful interaction? Hexagram 34,… Read more »Heaven inside (part 3)
An exquisitely clear, simple reading for this month’s podcast: advice for someone who has just moved to a new town – Hexagram 52, Stilling, and 56, Travelling: changing to There’s not much to add to that, is there? (Except that if you haven’t already joined WikiWing, and you’d like to,… Read more »Stilling her Travelling
Heaven, as inner trigram, always seems to be asking, can this be realised? How, or how completely, or how directly? There’s an inner energy seeking expression or realisation through the outer trigram – perhaps it’s the potential in the situation asked about, or the true inner nature of the questioner,… Read more »Heaven inside (part 2)
What is qian? I always find this the hardest trigram to describe. Mountains are big and rocky and don’t move; plants grow and move in the wind. Water flows and reflects, fire illuminates and burns, thunder crashes, earth sustains. But what does heaven do? And what does it mean for… Read more »Heaven inside (part 1)
A Clarity member’s reading, about a sphere of light and a magic tortoise. Here’s her original post about her experience. And for completeness, here’s a podcast from last year with the exact same reading, Hexagram 27 changing at line 1 to 23: changing to I currently have some space available… Read more »Tortoise magic
