You could say that the first objective of divination is to be more aware – have more insight, connect intuitively with the way, be more completely present. That would be true for any reading, even if it’s not the first goal that comes to mind. It’s especially, true, though, of… Read more »Divination for awareness
There are two lines in Hexagram 20 that differ by just one word: Line 5 – ‘Seeing my own life. The noble one is without mistake.’ Line 6 – ‘Seeing their lives. The noble one is without mistake.’ Seeing ‘my own’ life, or seeing ‘his, her or their’ life. How… Read more »Hexagram 20, Seeing Life
So that Change Circle’s ‘WikiWing’ doesn’t start life as 64 empty pages, I’m writing my own contribution for each hexagram before we open – an edited and distilled version of my own working notes. That way there’ll be something there to refer to for every hexagram and line right from… Read more »Hexagram 47 – WikiWing contribution
I first read this story in Women Who Run with the Wolves, and it was one of those ‘scribbling hexagrams in the margins’ moments for me. You can read a longer version of the tale here, but this is the core of it: Vassilissa was a beautiful young girl who… Read more »Fire inside and outside
The Vessel, ding, is the name of hexagram 50. It refers to a particularly beautiful and sacred bronze vessel, fit for food to be shared with the ancestors, strong enough to inaugurate a dynasty. You move your ding by inserting a carrying handle through its ‘ears’, loops on its rim.… Read more »The vessel with a jade handle
In my latest members’ survey, I asked: “There are times for everyone when talking with the I Ching doesn’t feel as spontaneous and easy as it could be. The natural flow through asking, receiving an answer and integrating it into life gets blocked somehow. I’m interested in how you experience… Read more »I Ching Challenges
Hexagram 30, Clarity, has a lot to say about understanding transience. The fourth line is especially emphatic: ‘Sudden, Comes, Burns, Dies, Thrown out.’ Here is something that flares up brightly, but dies away for lack of fuel. Wilhelm sees someone who ‘rises quickly to prominence but produces no lasting effects.’… Read more »A note on hexagram 30, line 4
