The Wing of the I Ching describing the Sequence of Hexagrams, the Xugua, generally has a laconic style, sometimes saying scarcely more than, ‘this hexagram is bound to follow from that one.’ But there’s an exception to this when you arrive at Hexagram 31, Influence. This is the first hexagram… Read more »Holism, Hexagram 31 and marriage
Happy New Year! May you be happy and prosperous!
… in your I Ching reading journal. Recently I’ve been thinking (with help from some wise and generous mentoring clients!) about what can show up when you review a series of readings. The way they start to fit together, unfolding a single story or interweaving many themes, always gives me… Read more »Patterns to look for
This just in: the Princeton Multimedia I Ching CD-ROM is for sale on Ebay. As well as a choice of yarrow or coin computerised readings, it also includes a ‘library’ with the full Wilhelm/Baynes text and Helmut Wilhelm’s Eight Lectures on the I Ching. It’s thoroughly ‘vintage’ software (1996)… hm,… Read more »Princeton Multimedia I Ching on Ebay
The other day, after a series of readings circulating between hexagrams 58, 47, 48, 57, I noticed another little nugget of patterns within the Sequence of hexagrams. Hexagram 37 describes life inside the home, defined by its boundaries (37.1). Hexagram 38 is outside the walls: opposed, seeing differently, alien. Hexagram… Read more »Inside and outside
I had a lovely day out yesterday, visiting a friend. She left me at the station for the return journey – and I found the train was delayed, so I’d have an extra hour or so of travel. Happily even this very modest-sized station had its own modest-sized shop, with… Read more »Coincidence
There’s a brand new Spanish-speaking I Ching forum available. Like any brand new forum, ‘no hay mensajes’ for the most part so far, but it’ll pick up momentum soon. And Olivia Cattedra has just brought out a new book, Oraculo Y Sabuduria Guia Para El Estudio del I Ching. For… Read more »I Ching news for Spanish speakers
