I Ching gives 14.2.5 > 13 as keynote?

[heh yu]

Greetings to you all. A couple of months ago I came across the reference in the Ta Chuan (Wilhem/Baynes) to the nine hexagrams by which the I Ching indicates the formation of character and i have been studying them every day since. About a week ago i woke up in the morning with a dream recollection of Hexagram 14 but without any dream context or reference. I looked it up but didn't understand what it meant. Then a few days later i asked the I Ching the question "What does the I Ching suggest as a keynote for today?" the lines 2 and 5 were changing into hexagram 13. I feel that 14 is somehow related to my study of the nine hexagrams of character formation but i'm still puzzled as to its meaning. Do any of you have any insight into this matter? :bows:
heh yu

 

[pocossin]

What does the I Ching suggest as a keynote for today?
14.2.5 > 13


☲ ☰
☰ ☲


In the first hexagram ☰ is inner. In the second it is outer. If ☰ is taken as the essence of character, then the keynote of your study might be: "What is wrought in the depths of the heart becomes outwardly visible in its effects" (Wilhelm/Baynes, p.346).

 

[heh yu]

Thank you Pocossin for sharing that excellent insight. It is indeed a keynote for a lifetime!
heh yu