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Readings, insights and understanding from the I Ching, the oracle of Change.

A tied-up bag

A tied-up bag

Question:

‘What do I need to know as I prepare to finish this book and send it out into the world?’

Answer: Hexagram 2, Earth, changing at lines 4 and 6 to 35, Advancing:

changing to

As Kat and I discussed this one in this latest podcast episode, we mentioned…

…and also the ancient form of a couple of words from the text: shi, ‘power’, as in the Image of Hexagram 2 –

‘Power of the land: Earth.
A noble one, with generous character, carries all the beings.’

– has two components: ‘strength’, and this one, which is purely phonetic, showing a human figure about to plant a seedling:

And then we also talked about yu, ‘praise’ – you can see early forms of that one here.

Enjoy the episode! (And if you’d like to share a reading of your own on a future episode, you can book a reading here.)

A new source of income

A new source of income

This episode of the podcast could also be entitled ‘light dawns in the end,’ as it took a while for me to join all the dots between the querent’s situation and the reading. It’s a great example of how Yi talks to the whole person, though, as well as answering the question. Mukul asked, ‘What… Continue Reading

Manifesting desires?

Manifesting desires?

The listener’s reading for this episode has an unusual premise: Beebee was trying to work out why what she was trying to manifest in her life wasn’t happening. Where was the block? She asked, “What actions are needed from me in order to achieve my desires?” And Yi responded with Hexagram 29, the Repeating Chasms,… Continue Reading

Finding fulfillment

Finding fulfillment

A new podcast reading: how to find more fulfillment in life? Not (in this reading) by doing stuff – more by feeling your way deeply into experience. The answer was Hexagram 57, changing at lines 2 and 3 to 20, Seeing: changing to I quoted from LiSe Heyboer’s page on Hexagram 57 during this one… Continue Reading

Creating a business?

Creating a business?

Episode 37 of the I Ching with Clarity podcast features a listener’s reading. She’s wondering whether her desire to create a business is her real path, or whether she could be losing herself. Her reading – Hexagram 48, the Well, changing at line 3 to 29, Repeating Chasms: changing to During our chat, I mentioned… Continue Reading

An unexpected reading

An unexpected reading

Episode 36 of the I Ching with Clarity podcast – a reading of my own, received in a way that might be new to you. I was asking for guidance in a new situation, and the response was Hexagram 27, Nourishing, changing to 54, the Marrying Maiden. (The completely positive experience I had as ‘marrying… Continue Reading

Finding spiritual direction

Finding spiritual direction

A podcast reading with two radically contrasting hexagrams: 23, Stripping Away, changing to 42, Increasing: changing to Maria’s question: ‘How should I lead my spiritual life to know the truth?’ In this reading, she and Yi trace a path through what seems like an impossible situation. Links I mention in this episode: Continue Reading

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