This is the line Wilhelm translates as, “If one is not extremely careful, Somebody may come up from behind and strike him. Misfortune.” So reading it this way, the line would mean that you should ‘overstep the mark’ in taking care – that you should be extraordinarily defensive, constantly on… Read more »Hexagram 62, line 3
In the introduction to The Original I Ching Oracle by Ritsema and Sabbadini, I found an image for an I Ching reading that I wish I’d thought of for myself: an hourglass. ‘In the top half of the hourglass all the complexity and confusion of our existential situation gets narrowed… Read more »I Ching reading as hourglass
“When you get a figure, a hexagram, what it really is is like a mask. And you put it on and move and dance in that spirit and something happens: you experience significance.” This is from Stephen Karcher’s radio interview with Caroline Casey on her Visionary Activist Show. (Visit that… Read more »I Ching quote of the week
Here’s a nice coincidence. Elvira emails me and asks, “What is the meaning of Hexagram 38 in daily life?” And over at GreatVessel there is a new article on Hexagram 38 (Opposition/ Diverging) entitled The Shaman of the Shadows – remarkable work that needs reading and re-reading slowly, and with… Read more »Hexagram 38 in daily life
Relationship questions are certainly the most common reason for people to consult the I Ching. They’re also the most common reason for people to get tied in knots of indecision and confusion when consulting. And this is a real shame, as the oracle is a compassionate relationship counsellor, that can… Read more »I Ching readings for relationships
There is a new, original article at the Great Vessel: The Voices of the Lines: multiple transforming lines. It describes each line of the hexagram as a ‘voice’, ‘like sounding boxes or wind harps or metaphors.’ Line 1, for example, is described as “The Voice of Beginnings, the first entrance… Read more »The Voices of the Lines
With the turning of the Chinese Year, more people are contemplating their annual I Ching reading. Over at ‘A touch of Ancients’, Allan Lian has written about the synchronicities that accompanied his reading for last year. He’s pausing at the change of year to look back as well as forward… Read more »Annual readings
