“The Vessel contains something real. My companion is afflicted, Cannot approach me. Good fortune.” I’ve experienced this line several times, but always found it hard to grasp why it could mean good fortune. It describes those times when you have something good within you, some realisation, joy or purpose –… Read more »Substance in the Vessel: Hexagram 50, line 2
I’ve been reading in Kindred Spirit magazine about the evidence (not sure if I need inverted commas there) for an inter-life experience. Lots of people under regression hypnosis (with different therapists) report very similar experiences of a place they go between lives. While there, they review their past life, rejoin… Read more »Half-baked lunatic idea
The Human Design system seems to make a similar promise to astrology – that through your date and time of birth, it can reveal you to yourself. But it does so through an amalgamation of systems: astrology, kabbalah and, centrally, the I Ching. It looks like it’d take years to… Read more »Human Design on hexagram line positions
My personal reading for the week ahead is Hexagram 23, Stripping Away, changing at lines 4 (eek) and 6 to 16, Enthusiasm. I only cast the reading on Saturday morning, and by Sunday I was altogether stumped by the demands of ‘stripping away’. Unsubscribe from about 30 email publications, clear… Read more »Visualising an I Ching reading
Rosada asks at the I Ching Community about the difference between the Judgement of 24 – that talks about going out and returning, moving freely – and the Image, that says the ancient kings closed the frontiers so people couldn’t travel. Good things have been said in response. Rosalie wrote:… Read more »I Ching Community: What’s the deal with 24?
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
Does this happen to you? As it seems to happen to me more and more often. When I am reading for myself, asking a question from my core, then I will often know after the first few lines which hexagram I’ll receive. In mid-casting, the idea pops into my head… Read more »Knowing your hexagram as you cast
