In this episode, Maggie and I dive into her reading about a possible new job: Hexagram 16, Enthusiasm, changing at lines 3 and 5 to 31, Influence. changing to It’s not only about being ‘open to the new’, I think – also about being prepared and actively engaged with the… Read more »Open to the new?
Earth inside The easiest way to get to grips with the first two hexagrams, for me, is always to think how much they’re not each other. Qian, the creative force of heaven: nothing but solid lines, like the paths of sun, moon and stars across the sky. It moves without… Read more »Earth inside (part 1)
Where they are in the Yijing There are three mentions in the Zhouyi – the oldest layer of the Yijing text – of ‘establishing feudal lords’: in the Oracle of Hexagram 3, and its first line, and in the Oracle of Hexagram 16. (Then they’re also mentioned in the Image… Read more »Feudal lords
A lovely conversation with Roslyn, about starting an online class to teach Daoist and complementary practices to women – about trepidation and confidence, pacing and patience, foxes and drunkenness, elephants and armies… Her reading was Hexagram 64, Not Yet Across, changing at lines 2 and 6 to 16, Enthusiasm: changing… Read more »Almost crossing the river
This month’s podcast features one of those readings where Yi really takes your breath away: ‘How beneficial would it be for me to join the next course on family constellations?’ Yi’s response: Hexagram 18, Corruption, changing at lines 2, 3, 4 and 6 to 16, Enthusiasm. changing to Lux (as… Read more »Family constellations
Episode 33 of the I Ching with Clarity podcast features a listener’s reading about moving to a new country. How best to make a positive transition to this new place, wherever it may be? The Oracle answered with Hexagram 16, Enthusiasm, changing at line 2 to Hexagram 40, Release: changing… Read more »An enthusiastic transition
Make hay while the sun shines Hexagram 35 is one of the sunniest in the Yijing: ‘Advancing, Prince Kang used a gift of horses to breed a multitude.In the course of a day, he mated them three times.’ Look, it says, you are recognised, you have wonderful gifts, and now… Read more »35 as relating hexagram
