Beauty does best, yields a harvest, when it has a direction to go. HEXAGRAM NUMBER SEVEN -- DISCIPLINE. By Adele Thomas June 19, 2023. For example, the first Gua is "Qian", and it can be represented by "111111". Hu Gua (hidden influence) 63 After Completion: Renew. Summer (38): Ripen the fruits. When you merge the world in here with the world out there your destiny is revealed. Build cohesiveness, instruct people, mobilize energy and take the lead. Be aware and considerate without relaxing the rules. The law of heaven demands a sacrifice. Paintings and Prescriptions hexagram 55. Legions. Winter (46): Find the seed of the new by relying on your own inner strength. Every divination delivers a single Transforming Line, which shows where Change. In Hexagram 44, we are encountering, meeting or ‘coupling’ with a powerful woman. -Chuang Tzu. Don’t try to control the process. It portrays someone who is outcast, marginalized, proscribed, exiled from the centers of culture and power. Other titles: Obstruction, The Symbol of Difficulty, Arresting Movement, Trouble, Obstacles, Barrier, Halt, Halting, Limping, Afoot, “Sit Tight—Don’t move” "One is surrounded by an underwater reef and should wait for assistance. The transformative process of the Pair 41:42 Diminishing and Augmenting inspires you to give up old patterns of aggression and need and open yourself to the blessing that results. 56. 23 Stripping BO. Be clear about who is above you and who is under you. The Superior Man, acting from his profound knowledge of the words and conduct of the wise men of old, nourishes his virtue. The flying dragon is an ancient symbol of a dynamic, arousing force that bodes well for creative movement. A geographic move may be referenced here. Marc sabin taijiquan yin/yangBlofeld: This hexagram symbolizes fire blazing from the earth. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 54: Propriety: Subordinate. Action: Expand. It shows men's minds alienated from correctness and sure to go on to disorder. 37 -- The Family -- 37 . Use your deep power to brighten your work and your purpose. Hexagram 28 shares its core concept with 62: Exceeding, guo, great or small. 50 as the primary hexagram sometimes acts as ‘Vessel’ for the change represented by the second hexagram, allowing it to become real. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 2: Receptive: Yield. Spring (54): Rouse new growth by leaving the old ways behind. Liu: The lake ascends to heaven, symbolizing Determination. The ancient character appears to be an elaborated, decorated version of the character for ‘drum’: see Richard Sears’ site –. If there is a decsion to be made, surrender tot he impulses of your true nature. Change with grace and elegance. Put your ideas to the Trial through the woman. I Ching Hexagram 64 Wei Chi (Before Completion). There are 5 months of worries and worries ahead, but then life will change for the better. The hexagram describes an absence of external relationship. I Ching Hexagram 15 Qiān (Authenticity). "-- D. You are in the Realizing phase of this Pair. Fire is also a symbol of liberation—crackling molecules that fly away from home. 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. Hook Judgment . The roots of the trees penetrate deeply into the soil. Hexagram 18 gives rise to some of the least ‘generalisable’ readings in the I Ching. To regard all things as one, is to be a companion of Nature. Things will change when your environment becomes warmer. If this is the only changing line, the new hexagram created is number thirty, Clarity. HEXAGRAM NUMBER SIXTY -- RESTRICTIVE REGULATIONS . Action: Balance Hu Gua (hidden influence) 40 Liberation: Untangle. Don’t just look at things. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 38 Opposition: Yield. Don’t just wait for the right moment. In one day you are received three times. Accept the hard work. 55 Abounding FENG. A confederation of lower elements combines to serve a greater whole. Ji Ji, Already Crossing is part of a group of four figures (1 and 2, 63 and 64) that form the Four Gates of Change, places where the Hidden Winds of the Four Directions enter the human world. The term was used to describe all relations outside the norms, unions based on passion that lead to major changes. The ‘powerful woman’ problem. In the political world, inferior men have gradually displaced good men until only one remains. 29 -- Danger --29 . Its symbol is a hand offering meat or flesh, a sacrifice that leads to the shared meal with humans and spirits. It shows men's minds alienated from correctness and sure to go on to disorder. A "mother" then, would be the source of an emotional attitude which, in the context of this hexagram, needs to be modified or changed. ginnie said: When we get 53 unchanging, we usually have to wait a good long time before we see any positive developments. With Bound, we confront our compulsions and the violence within ourselves. Make an offering and you will succeed. Collect what you need to meet the future joyously. This lets us nourish the Ancestors who in turn nourish and ennoble their descendants in a flow of radiant blessings. F. 35 Flourishing JIN. Outer to Inner: The process shifts the power of the Midwife trigram from. Spread the word through inspiring words and images. Don’t go back to old ways. Correct past mistakes and you can open the way. Water is the primeval chaos, the great mother of everything, without form or limit, eternal. The struggle is not over yet. It does not maul you. Diligence and focus must be at maximal levels because a time of great flourishing is near. 3,990. Hexagram 9 Hsiao Ch'u Small Restraint. HEXAGRAM NUMBER TWENTY-NINE – DANGER . The Grey Rat. Dwelling People. Other titles: Nourishment, Calculated Inaction, Attending, Biding One's Time, Nourishment Through Inaction, Waiting for Nourishment, Moistened, "Waiting with the assurance that a blessing will come. You will find the way to what is great. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 24 Return: Go Back. Don’t just look at things. Hence he must possess the qualities of the hexagram in perfection. A fundamental change for the better, or the first step toward unity: grass-roots support. I prefer R. Make an offering and you will succeed. Step 1. The Pair is made up of Fire and Water in maximum integration and suggests all the metaphors of cooking and. 15 Humbling QIAN. Stripping. This turns your need to manage the flow of life into. IN THE MANIFESTED REALITY. Liu: The sun rising above the earth is the symbol of Progress. Use the wisdom of the past to nurture your inner power. Make them rise up or push them down. I Ching Hexagram 40 Jie (Liberation) Action: Untangle. 37 Dwelling People JIA REN. Dissolve old structures and liquidate assets. Summer (21): Ripen the fruits by biting through obstacles. Reinvent yourself. The dynamic central lines in the second and fifth places indicate that the town site may change, but the well does not. You are in the Realizing phase of this Pair. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes the sky visible amidst the mountain peaks. Make an offering and you will succeed. Be clear and simple. Legge:The Magnetic means success through the docility of a mare. Be open to the unexpected. 4. Beware of procrastination, trusting the wrong people, oppressive authority. Join with others. Action: Nurture. Spring (11): Rouse new growth by disentangling yourself from past influences. Success comes when you untangle the knots and soften the glare. Action: Transform. It is the waxing moon, the celebrant, the new king, the blessing, a connection of Heaven and. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 53 Development: Flower. Wing's paraphrase of Critical Massas more evocative of the figure's meaning in modern terminology. Summer (25): Ripen the fruits by clarifying your purpose. 49, Radical Change. The commentators suggest that the condition symbolized here is a necessary sequel to the regulation of the family in the preceding hexagram. It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawns on you. Beware of conceit and arrogance. Click on the links to connect with the Relating Figure generated by each line. ’. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 63 After Completion: Renew. The power is in the toes, the lowest part of the body, and the very bottom of the hexagram. Do not resort to previous methods. By making a change in the punctuation, however, the different significance may be brought out. ’ If a man carefully examines his thoughts, he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. Changes are coming. Disorder succeeds to order, and. Without fault. Equilibrium is the great foundation of life, and harmony its universal path. Do not eat in your dwelling or clan. Legions. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of the necessity to cut through pride and complication. Collect the energy and insight to start anew. This is why Joy is developmental. Wilhelm/Baynes: On the mountain, a tree: the image of Development. Outer to Inner: The process transforms the Matchmaker trigram in the outer world of 57 into the Mediator trigram. Spring (51): Rouse new growth by staying calm when others are confused. s. As people join together, the rituals enacted establish fellow feeling and common intent. Do not resort to previous methods. I do not seek the foolish youth, the foolish youth seeks me. Hexagram 41 EXPECTATION FAILURE. 64 - Every cycle ends and begins in chaos. Reading at a Glance: When. Summer (21): Ripen the fruits by biting through obstacles. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 5 Nourishment While Waiting: Patience. Beware of pride, presumption, arrogance, disrespect and condescension. I Ching Hexagram 45. The gravity of matter merges with the upward radiation of light to create a condition of deep harmony. The Superior Man consults both high and low and thereby steadies the people's will. Paintings and Prescriptions hexagram 3. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 64 Before Completion: Prepare. 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. Outer to Inner: The process transforms the Mediator trigram in the outer world of 17 into the Matchmaker trigram in the inner world of 18. The Pair 61:62 Opened Heart and Small Traverses is an Engine of Change that develops the inner peace to understand the significance of your life and the ability to craft its meaning into an enduring message for a new generation. Wilhelm (from Lectures on the I Ching): A complete change is. F. Ritsema/Karcher: Brightness issuing-forth above earth. Wilhelm titles this hexagram Preponderance of the Great. I Ching Hexagram 9 Hsiao Ch'u (Small Restraint) Action: Surrender. Things, situations, people and even your life, they are all as good as the size of your acceptance and generosity towards them. 24, Returning. The Oracle of 43, though, seems to tell the story of an idea: ‘Deciding, tell it in the king’s chambers. Gather your team around your central idea. Winter (8): Find the seed of the new by re-grouping your thoughts. Spring (43): Rouse new growth by decisively parting from old patterns. Spring (5): Rouse new growth. Paintings and Prescriptions hexagram 39. Connect the various groups involved clearly. Its shadow is timidity and fear. Hexagram 33 follows from 32, Lasting. 39 -- Impasse -- 39 . Rouse people’s Idealism. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY-FOUR -- TEMPTATION . 58 Opening/Mediator DUI. HEXAGRAM NUMBER EIGHT -- HOLDING TOGETHER. But still, here are a few thoughts on the nature of each moving line. Auspicious. The Judgement of Hexagram 54 seems pervaded by a sense of helplessness. Liu: A tree on the mountain symbolizes. It is also a time of individual strength and courage. B. Don’t increase your involvements. The superior man judges criminals and postpones capital punishment. Action: Regenerate. Focus on one central plan. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FIVE -- WAITING. Strip away your negativity and take action. In. Then my next hexagram was 29 (K’an/ The Abysmal- Water). Centering in truth involves becoming conscious of the relationship between your heart and the circumstances of your life. Hexagram 48 • Line 5. Correct past mistakes and you can open the way for everyone involved. Line 1:The Superior Man is able to carry affairs through to completion. Hook Judgment . Stay focused. I Ching Hexagram 59. Eliminate old habits, patterns and structures. Stay low and humble. To nourish the people, it is of first importance to see and seek the invisible presence that supports us and fills our mouths. Find qualified people to work with. Sears says the additions to the character are drummers; others say they are grain stalks. Your worth will be recognized. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 60 Limitation: Regulate. Winter (28): Find the seed of the new by standing alone without fear. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 29 Abyss: Relinquish. 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. Accumulate the Small to achieve the Great. You may be in some danger for a short time. I-ching hexagrams (illustration)An i ching and tarot divination how-to– give this a try – benebell wen Free i ching readingChart for when all lines change into their opposite hexagrams in. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 64 Before Completion: Prepare. It also has to do with offerings: Harmen, in his fascinating article on the hexagram, says, “Sheng was the name of a certain sacrifice, and because of the close resemblance between the old forms of sheng and dou, I believe. 2. Advantageous to step into the Great Stream. I Ching Hexagram 42 Yi (Increase). Rouse people’s creative energy. Wise Words! The Way is open. If this is the only changing line, the new hexagram created is number thirty, Clarity. 2, Earth, the Receptive. Advantageous Trial. 7. We sometimes get all of the information, but we refuse to get the message. 19 Nearing LIN. Advantageous Trial. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 14 Great Possessing: Shine. Don’t try to do too much, too soon. When the table is sorted by this column, it will also be sorted by the binary representation of the Gua, and. A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that is unlocked and opens inwards, as. Reading at a. 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. Beware of pushing forward alone or over-reacting to opportunities. Huan (Dispersion) Action: Flow. Liu: The lake ascends to heaven, symbolizing Determination. Be sincere. I Ching Hexagram 19 Lin (Approach) Action: Advance. If the superior man takes the. This allows energy and breath to circulate freely. Communicate positive feeling, togetherness, enthusiasm, joy and laughter. It is not the time for active doing. Draw on your inner power and don’t pause. The superior man distributes wealth below him, without displaying his favors. Fall (35): Harvest the crop by applying your talents. But simultaneously it shines light on the path back to romance and love: Kindness and communication. It might feel like a gate through which you enter the reading. 12) Mirror. "do what makes you feel good" I have been in a so-called 'relationship' which was making me feel insecure, unhappy, anxious, etc. ’. It emphasizes that withdrawing from the affairs at hand to conceal yourself in obscurity is the adequate way to handle it. I Ching Hexagram 35 Chin (Progress). "-- D. This juxtaposition denotes a time of peace and blessings for all living things. 4. Prospering. Editor: Blofeld's note on the Confucian commentary sums up the meaning of the line best: "Fear is often a good mentor; by causing us to change our ways, it leads to happiness. Qián (The Creative) Action: Initiate. v. Don’t be humble. Changes are coming. HEXAGRAM NUMBER THIRTY-NINE – IMPASSE . Inspire your family. Do not use having a direction to go. The superior man differentiates between high and low, and thus fixes the minds of the people. It is spring, the time of fools. Make an offering and you will succeed. A transition from chaos to order is referenced by this hexagram. Be clear and simple. It enables a person to collect energy and move with Heaven, disentangled from the emotions of greed, anger, desire and ignorance. C. – Seneca. Use the wisdom of the past to nurture your inner power. Take the lead. Beware of indifference to human bonds, oppressive authority and failure to set a real example. This is not a place to prolong your service. Outer to Inner: The process shifts the Navigator trigram from the outer world of 39 to the inner world of 40. Make an offering and you will succeed. The small: Harvesting Trial. The Superior Man devotes careful thought to his judgments and is tardy in sentencing people to death. Establish firm borders. You are in the Inspiring phase of this Pair. James DeKorne's Official Website - The Gnostic Book of Changes - Hexagram 19 THE GNOSTIC BOOK OF CHANGES Please select the chapter or. Gather energy for a decisive new move. 19 Nearing LIN; 20 Viewing GUAN; 21 Biting Through SHI HE; 22 Adorning Bi; 23 Stripping BO;Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes a marshy lake being drawn (sucked) towards the sky. Do not stay in isolation. In hexagram 47, you experience Oppression, and turn inward to reconnect with the Well. Richard Wilhelm (1873 - 1930) Richard Wilhelm, born in 1873 in Germany, more than any other, is responsible for. Tags: Art, Hexagram 63, I Ching, Meditations, Prescriptions. 42 -- Increase -- 42 . 7 -- Discipline -- 7 . The motto is: Keep a small heart. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 10 Treading: Cautious Advance. Ending it in the Eighth Moon: Trap! The Way closes. Gather energy for a decisive new move. A foundation without prejudice is the first step in how the weak progresses. Through forgiveness, you can move freely, unhampered by unnecessary baggage. M. A mind which is open to nature is a fertile field. Spread the wealth to all. Being free of desires, you will discover that the empire is at peace of its own accord. –Emerson8 -- Holding Together -- 8 . Action will replace inertia. Things are obscured, there is no longer a notification. You will be given the opportunity to direct your affection. Thus the superior man abides in dignity and virtue, in order to improve the mores. Don’t try to do too much. It is the spontaneous movement of a being who, by yielding to the overwhelming force of the spirit, fulfills its true destiny. HEXAGRAM NUMBER EIGHT -- HOLDING TOGETHER. I first received hexagram 27 (The Corners of the Mouth) with changed lines 1, 2, and 5. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 39 Obstruction: Innovate. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 27 Nourishing Vision: Nurture. The K'ang-hsi editors compare this hexagram and the next with number eleven, Harmony, and number twelve, Divorcement, observing that the goodness of Harmony is concentrated, as here, in the second line. There is a destiny that makes us brothers, no one goes his way alone; All that we send into the lives of others comes back. Beware of inept strategy and poor coordination. Like a snake emerging from hibernation, negative. The principal of them was the bride who was to be the proper wife, and she was attended by two others, virgins from her father's harem; a cousin and a half-sister, a daughter of her father by another mother of inferior rank. You are in the Realizing phase of this Pair. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 45: Gathering Together: Network. Change your perspective. Six in the third place changes to hexagram 55. Outer to Inner: The process transforms the Matchmaker trigram in the outer world of 61 into the Gatekeeper trigram in. Wei Ji, Not yet Crossing, is part of a group of four figures (1 and 2, 63 and 64) that form the Four Gates of Change, places where the Hidden Winds of the Four Directions enter the human world. Six in the fifth placeCleary (1): Joy is developmental, beneficial if correct. 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. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 20 Contemplation: View. I Ching Hexagram 34 Da Zhuang (Great Power) Action: Invigorate. A Rising Sun. Don’t get caught in. The Realizing Person brings things to completion. Oracle of Love. The progression in the hexagram is from ignorance to clarity, and then in line six, ignorance within clarity -- i. 59 Dispersing HUAN. 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. This turns your need to manage the flow of. Thus the superior man is inexhaustible in his will to teach, and without limits in his tolerance and protection of the people. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes wind blowing over a marshy lake. This is a most auspicious time. Beware of melancholy, doubt and negativity. Legge: The hexagram of Expansion denotes a state of dissipation or dispersion. m. Dispersing. Do not impose order. Hexagram 23 is called Stripping Away. The Superior Man performs his allotted tasks in consonance with heaven's (or the sovereign's) will. Legge:Contraction means collecting together, or things so collected. Summer (27): Ripen the fruits by clearing the channels of communication. My recent experience with 27 makes me wonder if it means. A New Interpretation of Hexagrams!8 -- Holding Together -- 8 . Pleasure is a spiritual prize as much as it is a human one. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes a favorable wind. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 17 Following: Show by Example. Work through the Small. Hexagrams 28 and 62 are both about guo: ‘passing, going by, exceeding’. Reaction score. 2 -- The Magnetic -- 2 . The Pair is made up of Fire and Water in maximum integration and suggests all the metaphors of cooking and. You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within. The heart grows daily humbler, while the virtue grows daily higher. then yin and yang alternated in 63/64. The Superior Man performs his allotted tasks in consonance with heaven's (or the sovereign's) will. Hexagram 19, also known as “Nearing,” symbolizes a time when a great opportunity is at hand. an irresistible impulse to perform an irrational act. The term was used to describe all relations outside the norms, unions based on passion that lead to major changes. HEXAGRAM NUMBER THIRTY-NINE – IMPASSE . 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. Do not stay in isolation. 2. Think about real goals and take a decisive stand for change. t. The changing lines between hexagram 46 and hexagram 47 Changing line #3 "Rising Toward the Empty City"- The image of an empty city means you are starting from scratch. Everything you will ever need can be found within. Do not get stuck in the mire and muck of your mind. In a very strong hexagram, all the lines would be moving lines, and in many cases it is easy to see how the situation represented by a hexagram could change into that represented by its p'ang-t'ung opposite. Hexagram 55 is unusual in that its name contains two meanings –. Summer (9): Ripen the fruits by paying special attention to the smallest details. You can spend a lifetime and still never come anywhere close to exhausting the resources that are inside of you.