Hilary Barrett, I Ching

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 support profound understanding and [...]

Yijing pictorials from Coyote. A phrase or two to take with you for each hexagram (some ‘morals’, some mini-poems, some like Yi-koans), and images for some of them, too. Go see.

Update! I’ve just revised my I Ching reading services once again. See this post for what’s new, or just go straight to the reading pages to learn more.

I’ve been brainstorming, planning and consulting with Yi, and have settled on this much-simplified choice of I Ching reading services:

Discussing and clarifying your situation and the best question(s) [...]

Here is a post from Ren Qizhen about a reading of his, and here is his review of what came next. Reading the two together, some very strong and informative connections come to mind.
He was asking about how to be during a series of business meetings, and phrased his question as ‘What is most important [...]

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 of things into the psyche or the first [...]

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 through the eyes of the [...]

One of those frequently asked Yijing questions - what does ‘seeing the great person’ mean?
Often it means finding someone who’s already achieved the goal or the standard you’re aiming for, and seeking their advice. You might be able to do that directly by talking with them; you might find yourself reading what they wrote, or [...]