Would you like some help developing a relaxed, confident relationship with the Yijing? Something robust, so you know you can turn to the oracle and get the message you need to hear in the moment? We have a class for that 😉 . Places in the Yijing Foundations Class are… Read more »Yijing Foundations Class: the doors are open
Brian asked, “Why am I compelled to leave my job and join Greenpeace?” and Yi responded with Hexagram 18, ‘Work on what has been spoiled’ in the Wilhelm/Baynes translation he was consulting. This was in 1982: we’re revisiting the reading and learning from it, 43 years on. Things we mention…… Read more »Yi’s companionship
Robbers show up a few times in the Yijing. In 4.6 you’re advised to ward off robbers, not act like one; in 5.3 and 40.3 you’re in danger of inviting them; in 53.3, once again, it’s useful to ward them off. There are also three lines (3.2, 22.4, 38.6) where… Read more »Robbers?
I’m about to run a Yijing Foundations Class – we’re starting on September 21st. You can’t enrol for the class yet, but if you add your name to the notifications list… …then you’ll be one of the first to know as soon as the ‘doors’ are open. (Since this is… Read more »What are the foundations?
In this episode, Natalia is asking a wide-open question: where is she to go next? And Yi’s answer combines focus with openness: Hexagram 7, the Army, changing at line 2 to Hexagram 2, Earth: changing to (You may notice something different at the beginning and end of this episode. The… Read more »Where next?
I almost titled this post ‘working with trigrams’ – but the most useful, productive ways I know of to engage with trigrams in readings actually feel a lot more like play. And besides, who needs more work? So here’s how I suggest you start playing. (This is really not a… Read more »Playing with trigrams
A story in three parts? I’ve mentioned before that there’s a pattern in the Zhouyi of concepts or images showing up in threes: three pots, three almost-full moons, three raids that are marital allies, not robbers, and so on. And there are also three zhang 章: in lines 2.3, 44.5… Read more »The mysterious ‘thing of beauty’
