Sample Yijing readings
Hexagram 14, line 6 was part of my reading for the week. It hasn’t been a great week, and I’ve been using my reading not only for its advice, but also as a reminder, a kind of talisman. Waiting for the pharmacist to make up my Mum’s prescription, I went… Read more »Hexagram 14, line 6
It occurs to me that back in an agrarian society, every ordinary activity would have its ritual place in the bigger scheme of things. Ploughing, sowing, harvesting, storing and ripening – these things have so much latent meaning that we still use them as part of our daily language even… Read more »Another question for the I Ching
The I Ching Community has been a bit quiet of late, since I had to turn off email notification to stop it frying the server (see this page). But here is some good advice from Yi about a difficult, ‘entangling’ experience:I Ching Community Discussion Forum: A difficult situation
The week before last, I was itching to get started on something, and Yi told me to ‘strip away’ and to have no direction to go. And I realised that I could go anywhere. Then last week, with far more ideas and possibilities in mind than I’d dreamt possible, Yi… Read more »Pushing Upward, but where to?
A few weeks ago, I went to stay with Mum for a while, helping her out after a stay in hospital. First thing after we arrived, I asked Yi for advice for the next week or so, and received Hexagram 16, Enthusiasm, changing at the fourth line to Hexagram 2.… Read more »Meeting Grey Rat
The fourth ‘Readings Panel’ reading at GreatVessel.com is one Stephen Karcher cast on behalf of a group in June 2002: “What about President Bush and his plans for a war on Iraq? What attitude or stance can we take towards this?” Yi said “Keep Still”. (Gen, hexagram 52) It’s a… Read more »I Ching for activists at GreatVessel.com
The I Ching is the Book of Change. So when there is a change I very much want to make, but somehow haven’t managed yet, why not call on the oracle’s help? The most obvious way to do this is to ask directly ‘How to…?’ – and I’ve discovered many… Read more »Book of Change
