Half an idea about the third line of Hexagram 49, Radical Change – ‘Setting out to bring order means a pitfall,Constancy means danger.As words of radical change draw near three times,There is truth and confidence.’ Overall, this is telling us that radical change isn’t something you get at once, like… Read more »Words of Radical Change
Hexagram 8… …is called bi 比, which means… You can see the core idea in the old Chinese character: two human figures walking together, one following the other, their outlines matching. (One dictionary even says these are not human figures, but spoons – spooning!) In the context of the Sequence… Read more »Hexagram 8 as relating hexagram
The character yue, a ‘summer offering’, is one of those interesting ones that appears three times in the Yi: ‘Being drawn. Good fortune, no mistake.With truth and confidence, it is fruitful to make the summer offering.’ Hexagram 45, line 2 ‘With truth and confidence, it is fruitful to make the… Read more »A small offering
In which you will encounter hesitation, second-guessing, repetitious readings, decision, ‘contradictory’ moving lines (what do you do with those?), a good dose of common sense and a particularly persistent troll. Also these readings… Hexagram 18, Corruption, changing at line 3 to 4, Not Knowing: changing to Hexagram 49, Radical Change,… Read more »Troll Story
The Yijing is an optimistic oracle: omens of good fortune come more often than those of misfortune. But on four* occasions, it goes one step further and promises great good fortune: ‘Enriching the home.Great good fortune.’ Hexagram 37, line 4 ‘Great good fortune, no mistake.’ Hexagram 45, line 4 ‘Welcomed… Read more »Great good fortune
‘Not yet across, creating success.The small fox, almost across,Soaks its tail:No direction bears fruit.’ There are ten places where the Yi says that ‘no direction bears fruit’, or (in the Wilhelm/Baynes version) ‘nothing furthers’: 4.3, 19.3, 25.6, 27.3, 32.1, 34.6, 45.3, 54.0, 54.6, and finally 64.0. It’s easy to see… Read more »No direction bears fruit
This is episode 11 of the I Ching with Clarity podcast, featuring another listener’s reading. Sarah asked, “How can I better convey my authentic and true self with others?” and Yi replied with Hexagram 45, Gathering, changing at lines 4,5 and 6 to 23, Stripping Away – changing to It’s… Read more »Yi on authenticity
