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I asked the Oracle "What is the best spiritual advise you can give us as humans?" and it answered 15uc. I understand this hexagram as being humble and to cultivate integrity. I would see it as an interplay between the strong 3rd yang line (success based on merit) and the 5 surrounding yin lines (courage to step up when we did something wrong and to make amends).
I know the question was very strange, it came out of the blue and, even though I did not asked about specifically my person, since I asked for all of us, I understand it is about me too. It could be a admonition from the Oracle to keep humble when I ask something heavy like that, or maybe it could be a pragmatic indication about being real and of service to others (earth carrying all of us), like the mare in hex 2. As I see it, Hex 15 is active empowering others, while hex 2 is enabling without interfering directly.
I often feel more capable of comprehending things (words), when I search for their origins, their etymology. Here is what I found on https://www.etymonline.com/, maybe it is helpful to somebody in this great community and to decipher hex 15.
Hex 15uc has as mirror hex16 (Enthusiasm), as complementary hex 10 (Risk) and hex 40 (Liberation) as nuclear, info I found on the taoscopy website.
enthusiasm (n.)
c. 1600, from French enthousiasme (16c.) and directly from Late Latin enthusiasmus, from Greek enthousiasmos "divine inspiration, enthusiasm (produced by certain kinds of music, etc.)," from enthousiazein "be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy," from entheos "divinely inspired, possessed by a god," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + theos "god" (from PIE root *dhes-, forming words for religious concepts). It acquired a derogatory sense of "excessive religious emotion through the conceit of special revelation from God" (1650s) under the Puritans; generalized meaning "fervor, zeal" (the main modern sense) is first recorded 1716.
So it seems there is somebody in hex 15 who is really an individual portrayed as a whole being, humbly carrying out his duties, undivided and full of merit. Its contrast is seen in hex 16, in which the individual is possessed by divine inspiration, somebody who feels godlike or special, but not because of their own merit but because they are under the influence of fervor towards the heavens. I find this extremely useful when observing others y myself. Hex 15 is walking the path of the middle, Hex 16 writes a theatre play about it and has fun, so to speak.
The complementary hexagram is 10, treading carefully or following a voracious tiger, dealing with risk, potential danger and harm. Hex 15 and hex 10 seem to speak about the same, to avert the destructive force of our egos, we need to be of service to others and therefore we become capable of being very cautious when dealing with hazardous situations or settings.
The nuclear or root hexagram to hex 15 is hex 40, liberation, not theorizing about freedom but concrete action to obtain it or to give it to others, which is also very interesting from the etymological perspective.
liberation (n.)
"act of setting free from restraint or confinement," early 15c., liberacion, from Old French libération and directly from Latin liberationem (nominative liberatio) "a setting or becoming free," noun of action from past-participle stem of liberare "to set free," from liber "free" (see liberal (adj.)).
To summarize, I would say, the advise is about obtaining true freedom. In order to liberate ourselves as humans, we need to become humble and authentic individuals, capable of confronting the risky delusions of being gods or entitled to special treatment from Nature or the divine Spirit of Fate. This hits home for me. Maybe you see something different here, and it would be great if you could share it.
Anyway, after asking the Yi many things in my life, specially about my interaction with others and my future, this question seems to arise from a very 16ish place. I am somehow worried I am not complying with the advise given, which I understand as to mantain both feet steady on the ground and to keep a low profile. If so, I ask for forgiveness, dear Sage, my ignorance is as large as your compassionate patience answering my constant questioning of thy will.
I know the question was very strange, it came out of the blue and, even though I did not asked about specifically my person, since I asked for all of us, I understand it is about me too. It could be a admonition from the Oracle to keep humble when I ask something heavy like that, or maybe it could be a pragmatic indication about being real and of service to others (earth carrying all of us), like the mare in hex 2. As I see it, Hex 15 is active empowering others, while hex 2 is enabling without interfering directly.
I often feel more capable of comprehending things (words), when I search for their origins, their etymology. Here is what I found on https://www.etymonline.com/, maybe it is helpful to somebody in this great community and to decipher hex 15.
humility (n.)
early 14c., "quality of being humble," from Old French umelite "humility, modesty, sweetness" (Modern French humilité), from Latin humilitatem (nominative humilitas) "lowness, small stature; insignificance; baseness, littleness of mind," in Church Latin "meekness," from humilis "lowly, humble," literally "on the ground," from humus "earth," from PIE root *dhghem- "earth."integrity (n.)
c. 1400, integrite, "innocence, blamelessness; chastity, purity," from Old French integrité and directly from Latin integritatem (nominative integritas) "soundness, wholeness, completeness," figuratively "purity, correctness, blamelessness," from integer "whole" (see integer). The sense of "wholeness, perfect condition" is attested from mid-15c.; that of "soundness of moral principle and character; entire uprightness or fidelity, especially in regard to truth and fair dealing" is by 1540s.authentic (adj.)
mid-14c., autentik, "authoritative, duly authorized" (a sense now obsolete), from Old French autentique "authentic; canonical" (13c., Modern French authentique) and directly from Medieval Latin authenticus, from Greek authentikos "original, genuine, principal," from authentes "one acting on one's own authority," from autos "self" (see auto-) + hentes "doer, being," from PIE root *sene- (2) "to accomplish, achieve." Sense of "real, entitled to acceptance as factual" is first recorded mid-14c.Hex 15uc has as mirror hex16 (Enthusiasm), as complementary hex 10 (Risk) and hex 40 (Liberation) as nuclear, info I found on the taoscopy website.
enthusiasm (n.)
c. 1600, from French enthousiasme (16c.) and directly from Late Latin enthusiasmus, from Greek enthousiasmos "divine inspiration, enthusiasm (produced by certain kinds of music, etc.)," from enthousiazein "be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy," from entheos "divinely inspired, possessed by a god," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + theos "god" (from PIE root *dhes-, forming words for religious concepts). It acquired a derogatory sense of "excessive religious emotion through the conceit of special revelation from God" (1650s) under the Puritans; generalized meaning "fervor, zeal" (the main modern sense) is first recorded 1716.
So it seems there is somebody in hex 15 who is really an individual portrayed as a whole being, humbly carrying out his duties, undivided and full of merit. Its contrast is seen in hex 16, in which the individual is possessed by divine inspiration, somebody who feels godlike or special, but not because of their own merit but because they are under the influence of fervor towards the heavens. I find this extremely useful when observing others y myself. Hex 15 is walking the path of the middle, Hex 16 writes a theatre play about it and has fun, so to speak.
The complementary hexagram is 10, treading carefully or following a voracious tiger, dealing with risk, potential danger and harm. Hex 15 and hex 10 seem to speak about the same, to avert the destructive force of our egos, we need to be of service to others and therefore we become capable of being very cautious when dealing with hazardous situations or settings.
The nuclear or root hexagram to hex 15 is hex 40, liberation, not theorizing about freedom but concrete action to obtain it or to give it to others, which is also very interesting from the etymological perspective.
liberation (n.)
"act of setting free from restraint or confinement," early 15c., liberacion, from Old French libération and directly from Latin liberationem (nominative liberatio) "a setting or becoming free," noun of action from past-participle stem of liberare "to set free," from liber "free" (see liberal (adj.)).
To summarize, I would say, the advise is about obtaining true freedom. In order to liberate ourselves as humans, we need to become humble and authentic individuals, capable of confronting the risky delusions of being gods or entitled to special treatment from Nature or the divine Spirit of Fate. This hits home for me. Maybe you see something different here, and it would be great if you could share it.
Anyway, after asking the Yi many things in my life, specially about my interaction with others and my future, this question seems to arise from a very 16ish place. I am somehow worried I am not complying with the advise given, which I understand as to mantain both feet steady on the ground and to keep a low profile. If so, I ask for forgiveness, dear Sage, my ignorance is as large as your compassionate patience answering my constant questioning of thy will.