Nine in the third place. Keep your focus. Create inspiration for others. Do not stay in isolation. Focus on one central plan. I Ching Hexagram 11 T'ai (Peace) Action: Relax. This is why nurturance by the small is developmental. Beware of melancholy, doubt and negativity. Spring (43): Rouse new growth by decisively parting from old patterns. Beware of melancholy, doubt and negativity. To put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts. He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen enough. 27 -- Nourishment -- 27 . You are in the Realizing phase of this Pair. The universal spirit shares our feelings of Love and. Winter (28): Find the seed of the new by standing alone without fear. Analogous to gods or cosmic forces, their "laws" are like the laws of karma or of nature -- inexorable in their outcome. Awareness of your attachment to other people is the key that opens the door to knowing your true place in the world. -Chuang Tzu. Correct past mistakes and you can open the way. Don’t try to change the world. Make an offering and you will succeed. Legge:Contraction means collecting together, or things so collected. Wing's paraphrase of Critical Massas more evocative of the figure's meaning in modern terminology. – Chinese ProverbThe Oracle. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 24 Return: Go Back. Diligence and focus must be at maximal levels because a time of great flourishing is near. Action: Unite. D. Fall (44): Harvest the crop by letting emerging new patterns move you. It begins with communication: broadcast the message in the king’s chambers, truth calls out. The transformative process of the pair 53:54 Gradual Advance and Marrying Maiden develops the patience to wait on events and the ability to let yourself be led at a critical moment. The previous hexagram showed the ascendancy of inferior forces, when all that is good in nature or society yields before what is bad. This suggests a compulsive, unconscious drive, or an ill-considered impulse to act. Persevering. Hexagram 13 T'ung Jen Fellowship. Yi, augmenting is a synonym of yi, change, as a gift or blessing, a transformation that is effected by a crossing like the transforming lines in the Change. I Ching Hexagram 40 Jie (Liberation) Action: Untangle. Liu: Clouds rise up in the sky; this symbolizes Waiting. The superior man knows the cause of error, and persists in his virtue to the end. Correct mistakes before they spread. . A geographic move may be referenced here. ”. The I Ching, or ancient Chinese Oracle of Change, is second only to the Bible as the most widely read and interpreted book in the world. Don’t just look at things. Spread the wealth to all. Kindness and communication are the unifying forces in the world. I Ching Hexagram 57 Xun (Penetration). Make efficient and economic use of resources in an atmosphere of trust and confidence. It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing. Your vital force is not wanting, only waiting for you to tap it. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 53 Development: Flower. Any cause for sorrow will soon disappear. It represents the World of the Dead and mourning, the Demon Country and traveling among the barbarians. Correct past mistakes and you can open the way for everyone involved. 7. B. I. All things are supple when alive, but become hard when dead. The transformative process of the Pair 19:20 Nearing and Viewing develops the patience to wait on a new spirit and the insight to see how it manifests. Summer (27): Ripen the fruits by clearing the channels of communication. Liu: The wind over the lake symbolizes Inner Truthfulness. , "Get the message or suffer the consequences. Without fault. Wise Words! The Way is open. Overcoming the obstacles will bring real success in the end. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 54 Propriety: Subordinate. Don’t try to control the process. Ending it in the Eighth Moon: Trap! The Way closes. The transformative process of the Pair 19:20 Nearing and Viewing develops the patience to wait on a new spirit and the insight to see how it manifests. I Ching Hexagram 26 Ta Ch’u (Controlled Power). Line-1. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 30: Clarity: Persist. Stay focused. Hexagram number 28 is a reminder to not bend under the weight of burdens. A mind which is open to nature is a fertile field. The baby couples with the breast for its heavenly supply of milk. We are told not to cross the bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by those who crossed. Adapt to the time by giving up personal desires and supporting those who look up to. It does not maul you. 19 Nearing LIN. To follow the energy of life, you will discover that it is always seeking the best of what you might become. Liu: The heaven above and the lake below symbolize Treading. Make an offering and you will succeed. Winter (31): Find the seed of the new by contemplating what comes next. Treading on the Tiger’s tail. (Changes to hex. The transformative process of the Pair 17:18 Following and Corruption develops the freedom to follow new ways and the courage to deal with inner corruption. Don’t be severe or confine your feelings. This hexagram's "shadow side" reveals circumstances preventing the union of entities or forces, more than those conditions promoting fruitful affiliation. Just ‘biting through’ and grasping it yourself doesn’t complete the divination. Winter (31): Find the seed of the new by contemplating what comes next. It is the waxing moon, the celebrant, the new king, the blessing, a connection of Heaven and. Winter (28): Find the seed of the new by standing alone without fear. Don’t try to advance yourself. HEXAGRAM NUMBER SIXTY -- RESTRICTIVE REGULATIONS . Hexagram 49 is known as “Revolution” and represents a time of significant change and transformation. Outer to Inner: The process shifts the power of the Midwife trigram from. As LiSe shows, that blends into the meaning of the whole. The Pair is made up of Fire and Water in maximum integration and suggests all the metaphors of cooking and transforming, a continual creative relation to. I do not seek the foolish youth, the foolish youth seeks me. The lesson of the hexagram is that the nourishing of men of talent and virtue intimates great progress and success. Primary and relating hexagram; Moving lines 1 (line positions) Moving lines 2 (Steps of Change) A Reading Practice; Close; Quick Insights. This has inner and outer trigrams forming thunder over the lake. This is not a place for you to be of service. The Superior Man, acting from his profound knowledge of the words and conduct of the wise men of old, nourishes his virtue. The hexagram describes an absence of external relationship. Movement towards freedom and laughter. Sacrifice is mentioned in lines 17:6, 45:2, 46:2, 46:4, 47:2, 47:5, 63:5, and in the Judgment of hexagram 20. Wilhelm/Baynes: Clouds rise up to heaven: the image of Waiting. Ask two and three times, you obscure it. His well being is. "-- D. " Without change, your need to harmonize is vital. The Grey Rat. A transition from chaos to order is referenced by this hexagram. 56 Sojourning LU. If the rope does not reach the water the well does not serve its purpose. Other titles: The Receptive, The Symbol of Earth, Submission, The Passive Principle, Field, The Flow, Responsive Service, Yin, Natural Response, The Bearer Judgment. a. This lets us nourish the Ancestors who in turn nourish and ennoble their descendants in a flow of radiant blessings. Be modest and do what has to be done. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 55 Abundance: Fulfill. Line 1: Shock comes-oh, oh! Then follow laughing words-ha, ha! = good fortune. 2, Earth, the Receptive. Water is the primeval chaos, the great mother of everything, without form or limit, eternal. In correcting outmoded or inappropriate feelings one must proceed with care because emotional/instinctual forces cannot be altered as quickly as we can change our minds. It emphasizes that withdrawing from the affairs at hand to conceal yourself in obscurity is the adequate way to handle it. Obstacles, afflictions, feeling hampered, overcome, exhausted, mentally oppressed; weak, crooked, unfortunate; let go of lonely striving and join. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 38 Opposition: Accommodate. But change is eternal, and here we see the beginnings of recovery from the former situation. HEXAGRAM NUMBER TWO -- THE MAGNETIC . All of these links include the. Life doesn’t happen to us, it happens because of us. v. Reading at a Glance: After a period of feeling fulfilled,. It is spring, the time of fools. Collect what you need to meet the future joyously. Hexagram 41 EXPECTATION FAILURE. 23 Stripping BO. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = heaven, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = fire. Lead by example. Dwelling People. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 51 Shocking: Arouse. Close; Quick Insights – Short, simple courses on interpretive tools and approaches that give you quick insight into your readings – available as part of Change Circle. I Ching Hexagram 51 Zhen (Shocking) Action: Arouse. D. HEXAGRAM NUMBER SEVEN -- DISCIPLINE. 55 Abounding FENG. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 38 Opposition: Yield. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 10 Treading: Cautious Advance. To ‘take’ her means to seize, as one might seize a criminal, but in this usage it’s something like the old-fashioned English, ‘taking a woman in marriage. Don’t try to control the process. Great Invigorating Strength. In the contrast of the family, life reveals your deeper color. A Rising Sun. Summer (27): Ripen the fruits by clearing the channels of communication. It represents a time when you have ignored a. A chun tzu possesses completing. Changes to (35) Progress. 34 is thunder over heaven. Do not resort to previous methods. Attract and join things through your willingness to accept them (31). Spring (24): Rouse new growth through returning to your flow. Based on a Taoist 8 token model, the Circle of Protectors generates two trigrams from the bottom up, forming your Primary Figure. Hexagram 16 Yu Enthusiasm. Tags: Art, Hexagram 63, I Ching, Meditations, Prescriptions. 4 = earth number, community, Gaia, grounded, farmers, agriculture. If you make your home in the inevitable, you will. They are preoccupied with themselves. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 23 Split Apart: Regenerate. The Way to the Source is open. I wrote about this a while ago: Hexagrams 28 and 62 are both about guo: ‘passing, going by, exceeding’. Balance and adjust things by cutting through pride and complication. 10 Treading LU. Auspicious. The K'ang-hsi editors point out that the distinction between hexagram number forty-eight, The Well, and this one is the difference between the nourishment of the people in general and the specific nourishing of worthy men. 12) Mirror. Nevertheless, you are still treading on thin ice. Cleary (1): Being strong, yet acting submissively, the submissiveness subdues the strength, and strength cannot act on its own. The motto is: Keep a small heart. Put your ideas to the Trial through the woman. They lead to honor and reward. Do not worry over what seems gone. Other titles: The Symbol of Subaltern Assistance, Union, Unity, Grouping, Alliance, Co-ordination, Leadership, Merging (as with tributaries of a river), Seeking Union, Unification, Accord, Subservience, Individuation, Integration Judgment. The image of the 46th hexagram is of a plant growing in the earth, gradually pushing upward toward the sun. Hexagram #10's Lower Trigram of Lake. Legge:The Magnetic means success through the docility of a mare. And when it’s found its place, says the Sequence, 58’s rejoicing naturally follows: ‘Entering in and then rejoicing, and so Opening follows. The hexagram is encouraging you to take the initiative, or is affirming an activity you have initiated. The Chinese name of Hexagram 47, translated as ‘Confined’, ‘Exhaustion’, ‘Oppressed’, shows a tree enclosed on all sides by walls. Hexagram 14 Ta Yu Great Possessing. Hook Judgment . Winter (62): Find the seed of the new by making very careful moves. 29 -- Danger --29 . Legge:Liberation finds advantage in the southwest. 34 Great Invigorating DA ZHUANG. It is not advantageous to have a place to go. Click on the left button for the first hexagram, the most important one. A confederation of lower elements combines to serve a greater whole. Paintings and Prescriptions hexagram 55. Beware of indifference to human bonds, oppressive authority and failure to set a real example. Action: Permeate. The Pair 1:2 Force and Field is an Engine of Change that develops the transformative power to both inspire and realize things. Check Details. Don’t try to start something new yet. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 24 Return: Go Back. Also it is helpful to compare the trigrams of both hexagrams. If there is a decsion to be made, surrender tot he impulses of your true nature. This is how anger becomes a shackle on the pathway. An ascent from a fixed position. ‘Things cannot end with flowing together, and so Blocked follows. Nobody's listening. The dynamic central lines in the second and fifth places indicate that the town site may change, but the well does not. Reading at a. It is sad when you have blessings to share and no one seems to notice or care. The superior man encourages people to cultivate virtue. This turns outer expression of inspiring ideas. 15 Humbling QIAN. Joy and delight to the Noble Lord. Having one’s will in the Tao is finding joy in the Tao; when one delights in the Tao, then one can practice the Tao. But still, here are a few thoughts on the nature of each moving line. Collect the energy to start anew. Legge:Contraction means collecting together, or things so collected. ’. In correcting outmoded or inappropriate feelings one must proceed with care because emotional/instinctual forces cannot be altered as quickly as we can change our minds. Dispersing. [The component trigrams combine the concepts of wind and blandness -- hence a favorable wind. The Realizing Person brings things to completion. Don’t go back to old ways. Action: Adjust Hu Gua (hidden influence) 1: Creative: Initiate. Sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny. The transformative process of the Pair 39:40 Difficulties and Deliverance develops the insight to let go of heroic striving and the energy to move with change. We must observe the ties we have with our family members and understand our place in the family to gain perspective on ourselves. Make an offering and you will succeed. Hexagram 11 T'ai Peace. Collect the energy and insight to start anew. Other titles: The Symbol of Advance and Arrival, Nearing, Overseeing, Condescension, Getting Ahead, Promotion, Conduct, Drawing Near, Becoming Great, The Forest, Advance, Advancing, "Two people advancing together; or a good influence which hasn't been seen. Have no fear. ‘Coupling, the woman is powerful. Hexagram 46, Pushing Upward, has to do with step-by-step progress onward and upward, and the effort of the climb. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 2: Receptive: Yield. Reading at a Glance: At some. I Ching. The Superior Man consults both high and low and thereby steadies the people's will. Inner World. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 27 Nourishing Vision: Nurture. Outer to Inner: The process transforms the Mediator, the outer world trigram of 49 into the Matchmaker in the inner world of 50. Advantageous to install the lords to move the legions. Rouse people’s Idealism. Accumulate the Small to achieve the Great. Hexagram 18 gives rise to some of the least ‘generalisable’ readings in the I Ching. F. 26: Containment of Potential. Let outer appearance reflect inner worth. Advantageous Trial. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes wind blowing at the foot of a mountain. The marriage is between lines two and five, and when they both change the hexagram created is number 63, After Completion, the "perfect" or reference hexagram determining all correct relationships. In. 7 -- Discipline -- 7 . Hu Gua (hidden influence) 39 Obstruction: Innovate. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 5 Nourishment While Waiting: Patience. The fact that someone thinks they can ward off change is exactly why change happens. Be sincere. On the Cast Hexagram-, Hexagram Lines- and Transformed Hex-tab you can click through to the corresponding original I Ching translation, if applicable. Humbling. Line 5: Standstill is giving way = what if it should fail? Tie it to a mulberry tree. A lake is a place where water collects. ”. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 26 Controlled Power: Amplify. 50 as the primary hexagram sometimes acts as ‘Vessel’ for the change represented by the second hexagram, allowing it to become real. Sojourning through the Small. Beware of negative feedback that damps spirit and enthusiasm. ’. Dwelling People. Spring is coming. Beware of using old ideas. Spring (55): Rouse new growth by spreading abundance to all. Participate with life; do not mystify it. An unfeeling atmosphere will undermine vitality. 35 Flourishing JIN. 19 Nearing LIN; 20 Viewing GUAN; 21 Biting Through SHI HE; 22 Adorning Bi; 23 Stripping BO; 24 Returning FU; 25 Disentangling WU WANG; 26 Great Accumulates DA CHU; 27 Jaws/Nourishing YI; 28 Great Transition DA GUO; 29 Ghost River/Navigator XI KAN; 30 Radiance/Visionary LI; 31 Conjoining XIAN; 32 Persevering HENG; 33 Retiring/Retreat DUN; 34. Good times seem inevitable, and there is vitality in the air. –. The ‘powerful woman’ problem. Bow out gracefully. Express yourself. Hexagram 8 Pi Uniting. You are in the Realizing phase of this Pair. Legge: The hexagram of Expansion denotes a state of dissipation or dispersion. The small: Harvesting Trial. Six in the first place changes to Hexagram 09 Paintings and Prescriptions Hexagram 09. Don’t try to advance yourself. Make an offering and you will succeed. Nurture hidden growth. Use the wisdom of the past to nurture your inner power. This is a most auspicious time. Hexagram 18 Ku Decay. Note that only the first and fifth lines of the figure depict a positive synthesis; the first one is minor, and in the case of line 5, union is attained only after much struggle. Gain their support. The noble one ‘sets the situation straight and consolidates his destiny’: this is more than just a time for good ideas, it’s a. B. Do not eat in your dwelling or clan. 42 -- Increase -- 42 . ” When this is the only changing line, the new hexagram becomes Number sixteen, Enthusiasm, giving us an altogether energetic and action-oriented image. Line-1. Legge:Holding. There is no real blockage that can withstand submission. Summer (1): Ripen the fruits. November 19, 2022 at 7:33 pm. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 44 Coming to Meet: Encounter. I Ching Hexagram 33 Tun (Retreat). 49 -- Metamorphosis -- 49 . Summer (13): Ripen the fruits. It enables a person to collect energy and move with Heaven, disentangled from the emotions of greed, anger, desire and ignorance. Hexagram 14 is named 大有 (dà yǒu), "Great Possessing". Great idea about consciously remembering unpleasant things when in a good mental state. Beware of indifference to human bonds, oppressive authority and failure to set a real example. 5 -- Waiting -- 5 . Advantageous to step into the Great Stream. Don’t just think about it, do something. The Judgement of Hexagram 54 seems pervaded by a sense of helplessness. The superior man distributes wealth below him, without displaying his favors. Here the wealth comes through retiring. Adapt to the time by giving up personal desires and supporting those who look up to. The King approaches the Ancestral Temple to receive blessings for all. Don’t just look at things. Think things over very carefully and teach others. (An aside: Stephen Karcher came up with the idea of the ‘ Shadow hexagram ’. Communicate positive feeling, togetherness, enthusiasm, joy and laughter. D, leading I Ching scholar and diviner. Compare the first two hexagrams with hexagram number eleven, Harmony, and number twelve, Divorcement, noting the implications of the symbolism in terms of the proper management of the Work. If the superior man takes the. Make an offering and you will succeed. The Superior Man distributes his emoluments to those below; dwelling in virtue, he renounces them. Hexagram #49: Lake over Fire. Think things over very carefully and teach others. The period of late winter (just prior to the springtime) is also referenced here. Great change. Inner World. I Ching Hexagram 54 Kui Mei (Propriety). Moving lines (Steps of Change) A Reading Practice; Close; Quick Insights. Express yourself freely. Balance and adjust things by cutting through pride and complication. F. 19 Nearing LIN; 20 Viewing GUAN; 21 Biting Through SHI HE; 22 Adorning Bi; 23 Stripping BO; 24 Returning FU; 25 Disentangling WU WANG; 26 Great Accumulates DA CHU; 27 Jaws/Nourishing YI; 28. 19: Approach of Spring Spring is coming. That is, 64 is the shadow of 1, 63 is the shadow of 2, and. This is an excellent time to exercise. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 28: Critical Mass: Adjust "Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes a tree upon a mountain. The picture evokes the hexagram’s atmosphere: hemmed in, entrapped, cut off. Being free of desires, you will discover that the empire is at peace of its own accord. Everything you will ever need can be found within. ] Cleary (2):Delight comes through, beneficial if correct. Transforming the negative power of the ghost world into a creative tension with the living is the job of the Wu Gui or Shaman of the Shadows. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 63 After Completion: Renew.