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(Un)blocked

I was waiting on a station platform with ‘cello when I started chatting with a young man with a guitar on his back. We talked music to start with – not that there was much overlap in our experience, but conversation flowed anyway. (He thought I might’ve heard of John… Read more »(Un)blocked

A reading for the year

This episode features a reading for the year ahead. Kalimah’s question: “Please comment on the year ahead. What I can expect? And also, how best to work with the energies within and around me?” Yi answered with Hexagram 23, Stripping Away, changing at lines 1, 4, 5 and 6 to… Read more »A reading for the year

simple white rose

A slower reading

Here’s a gentle exploration of Hexagram 22, Beauty, in which we work our way round to understanding! Kim asked ‘What’s happening?’ – looking for a picture of the greater pattern of her life. I think Yi handed her the paintbrush…

a can of (gummy) worms

18, Corruption, as relating hexagram

This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Relating hexagrams

Dealing with Corruption Hexagram 18 is gu 蠱, ‘corruption’: the dictionary tells us its name means snake venom, poisonous insects, bad air and dark magic. A more specific early meaning is revealed in its moving lines: ‘the ancestral father’s corruption,’ ‘the ancestral mother’s corruption’. These are echoes of ancient oracle… Read more »18, Corruption, as relating hexagram