Beautiful readings
A search for I Ching things brought me to this blog post. Profound questions, beautiful readings; I can’t describe the blog as a whole.
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Daoism on winter
Here’s a lovely article by Michelle Wood on Hexagram 24 and Winter Solstice – capturing the quality of the time.
Trigrams in the sequence from 24 to 25
Hexagram 24, Returning, is made up of the trigrams for thunder within the earth: Hexagram 25, Without Entanglement, has thunder below earth’s complement, heaven: Thunder is the vital spark, often human will and initiative. In a time of Returning, the wise old kings would ‘close the gates. Itinerant merchants did… Read more »Trigrams in the sequence from 24 to 25
I Ching Community: Divining or creating reality?
John Burke wrote in a blog comment: Recently I made this inquiry: ‘How should one balance divining reality with creating reality?’ I received 22 changing to 24. Any thoughts? I thought the I Ching Community was the best place to look for good thoughts, and started a thread. And sure… Read more »I Ching Community: Divining or creating reality?
I Ching webinar news – and some readings of my own
The short version, in case you don’t have eight minutes to listen to the audio: we had an informal webinar sharing readings; it was a success; people enjoyed it. I’ll be running more of these, and they’ll still be free. And if you want to be sure of hearing about… Read more »I Ching webinar news – and some readings of my own
‘Favourable to have somewhere to go’ in hexagram 24
Hexagram 23 is the Pair of 24, Returning, which Nelson asked about. Unlike Stripping Away, the Judgement of Returning concludes that there is harvest in having a direction to go.
This could get particularly confusing, as the Daxiang (the Image) says that this is time to stay home and most… Read more »‘Favourable to have somewhere to go’ in hexagram 24
ICC: Hexagrams 23 and 24, and spiritual hierarchy
I Ching Community Discussion Forum: Spiritual hierarchy Last November, Val asked Yi if there was such a thing as spiritual hierarchy. The answer was Hexagram 23 changing to 24. This reading surely emphasises that there are differences, like those between the junzi and the ‘small people’ of the top line,… Read more »ICC: Hexagrams 23 and 24, and spiritual hierarchy