Hexagram 22 is Beauty and Making Beautiful. We use it to make images of ourselves, so that we can form connections with other people. When the young man sets out to see his prospective bride (as he does in the line texts of 22), he makes himself a suitor for… Read more »The need for Stripping Away
… is so much more interesting than just watching the tennis. Today was the men’s final at the Wimbledon championships. Roger Federer had won for the past four years on the trot and was huge favourite to make it five in a row. And so he did, beating Rafael Nadal… Read more »Watching the tennis with Yi
Consistently the most popular topic for questions to the I Ching is romantic relationships. Blend equal quantities of passionate desire, wild hope and utter bafflement, and you get questions for an oracle – lots of questions. But it’s especially valuable to divine about all those other relationships: friendships, working relationships… Read more »Asking about all the other relationships
I was just reading this post by Hollis Polk, ‘Does synchronicity have a structure?’ She’s just experienced a truly uncanny sequence of synchronicities, all in support of her new teleclass. They leave her wondering, “I’d like to believe that it was my clear intention to do this class for free, and… Read more »Experiencing synchronicity
Oops, sorry. After I sent out last month’s newsletter, the script I use to do so went pear-shaped and I had to restore from a backup. I spent ages getting subscribers and unsubscriptions right again afterwards, but I forgot all about the newsletter’s links. So now they’re all bust. Oops.… Read more »About last month’s links
I’ve just been reading a post on Erin Pavlina’s blog about the metaphors that appear in her readings. Erin’s a talented natural psychic. She doesn’t use an oracle – she doesn’t even much approve of those of us who do. To read for someone, she tunes into her guides, and… Read more »Where did the images come from?
Recent readings have given me a new application for Hexagram 54: the experience of relying on other people to work for me. The Marrying Maiden, poor little thing, moves into a world that’s several sizes too big for her, and has to feel her way into its relationships and possibilities.… Read more »Being the marrying maiden
