Claire writes: “If a question is asked and there are no changing lines but the overall translation of the main Hexagram is favourable does this mean that the situation will never change? There are a couple websites which host free computer readings and although the answer to my questions may… Read more »No changing lines – no change?
I recently accepted Denise Martine’s kind offer of a free tarot reading . I asked for advice on the development of Clarity’s paid membership service (it doesn’t have a name yet!), which you’ll hear much more about after the redesigned site is finished. (Oh, by the way, it is just… Read more »Free tarot reading
También disponible en español In the context of readings, this sometimes turns out to be one of Yi’s more humorous responses. Just a few days ago I asked what changing to a well-known autoresponder service would bring my business, and received 5.5 to 11. So I went ahead and signed… Read more »Hexagram 5: Waiting
I’ve just started reading Jean Shinoda Bolen’s Tao of Psychology. It’s a wonderful book. Not much writing about synchronicity really seems to ‘get it’, but this most assuredly does: “Synchronicity is the connecting principle… between our psyches and an external event, in which we feel an uncanny sense of inner… Read more »Synchronicity and the Tao
… that doesn’t exactly mean there’s a sudden lack of I Ching things to read. For instance… The ‘Memorizing the I Ching’ threads continue apace, moving through hexagram 26 and on to hexagram 27. I don’t know how much is being memorised along the way, but they’re full of good… Read more »I may have gone quiet, but…
My reading for this week is Hexagram 4, line 1: ‘Sending out the ignoramus, Fruitful to make use of punishing people, Fruitful to loosen fetters and shackles. Going on in this way is shameful.’ I think the way my brain is(n’t) working just now is a nice illustration of the… Read more »Brain fetters (and hexagram 4)
Ewald Berkers’ YiJing translation is available for download in pdf format. It’s worth having. I’d recommend you buy your own copy. ~~~ Now that’s a review in Ewald-style: succinct, straightforward, conveying the main point with enviable clarity. But since I’m naturally a wordier animal than he is, I’ll write a… Read more »EclecticEnergies YiJing
