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o.c. marathon would.

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46   15

Hexagram 46, Pushing Upward

Key Questions

Is this something you can commit yourself to?
Where might it take you?
What is the next step?

Oracle

'Pushing upward, creating success from the source.
Make use of seeing great people.
Do not worry.
Set forth to the south, good fortune.'

The old Chinese character for 'Pushing Upward' shows a small ladle used to measure out offerings and official salaries. It suggests a step-by-step ascent, one measure at a time. This is a vigorous, active time. Come from the source of inspiration and involve it in your work. Make good use of seeing great people, whether in the flesh or with your inner vision, to charge you with the energy to begin your ascent. Use them to inspire you with a vision of possibilities, and for information and help on how to move on upward.

Hard work and steep slopes lie ahead, but the oracle reassures you that you need not worry or doubt. Instead, set your face to the south, as the ruler does: align your initiatives with the natural order (which can be read in the stars and the compass), and set out towards warmth, light and activity.

Image

'Centre of the earth gives birth to wood: Pushing Upward.
A noble one with patient character
Builds up small things to attain the high and great.'

Sequence

Pushing Upward follows from Hexagram 45, Gathering:
'Assembling and moving higher is called Pushing Upward, and so Pushing Upward follows.'

Changing Lines

Line 2

'True and confident,
And so it is fruitful to make the summer offering.
No mistake.'


Hexagram 15, Integrity

Key Questions

What is the simple reality?
How might you return to a state of balance?
What if it didn't all depend on you?

Oracle

'Integrity creates success.
A noble one completes it.'

To experience Integrity is like coming face to face with your real self – plain, simple and unadorned. To have Integrity is to be whole, at one with yourself and with reality. It means being honest about your own capacities, holding yourself in creative balance with your world and not exaggerating the importance of your role.

These qualities enable the noble one to bring whatever work presents itself to completion. Since she is not overly full of herself, she has space for the real world; she isn't hampered by an excess or by a lack of confidence. Since she isn't caught up in a personal story, and doesn't identify her work with her worth, she is free to do what needs to be done and move on.

Image

'In the centre of the earth there is a mountain: Integrity.
A noble one reduces what is too much and increases what is diminished.
Weighing things up to even out their distribution.'

Sequence

Integrity follows from Hexagram 14, Great Possession:
'Great possession means being incapable of arrogance, and so Integrity follows.'

Pair

Integrity forms a pair with Hexagram 16, Enthusiasm:
'Integrity takes itself lightly; Enthusiasm is careless.'



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