[The arrangement of the component trigrams suggests glimpses of the sky among the peaks of the mountains. Don’t just wait for the right moment. "-- D. 2. Action: Explore. Do not focus on your own quest (56). Line 1:The Superior Man is able to carry affairs through to completion. Without fault. The transformative process of the Pair 49:50 Skinning and the Vessel develops the freedom to let old grief depart and the courage to grasp renewal. Summer (21): Ripen the fruits by biting through obstacles. Wilhelm/Baynes: On the mountain, a tree: the image of Development. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 28: Critical Mass: Adjust "Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star. One hears thunder unexpectedly. Outer to Inner: The process shifts the Navigator trigram from the outer world of 39 to the inner world of 40. In the last sign, the water is above the earth, and in the 45th, the lake is above the earth. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of conflict and consequent seclusion. Don’t just look at things. But it does help to remember that it’s not specifically about nourishment (of whatever kind), but rather about the framework that makes nourishment possible. The two ideas blend together in readings: the light is hidden away to escape the danger of injury. – Henry Van Dyke. Notify your own town. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 2: Receptive: Yield. The wealth of layers of association in this hexagram hint at a complex relationship of light and dark. An unfeeling atmosphere will undermine vitality. s. A confederation of lower elements combines to serve a greater whole. ) The thirty-fifth hexagram shows the trigram of Clarity progressing over the earth -- an image of advancing awareness. Change with grace and elegance. ‘Things cannot end with flowing together, and so Blocked follows. Other titles: The Army, The Symbol of Multitude and of Army, Legions/ Leading, The Troops, Collective Force, Discipline, Soldiers, Group Action, A Disciplined Multitude, Ego Discipline, Willpower "Can refer to mourning but its essential meaning is Discipline. You are in the Realizing phase of this Pair. Joy and delight to the Noble Lord. 22 Adorning Bi. Do not impose order. Hexagram number 49 implies a time of great change. The root of the term jing, well is Two, the Two Protectors that permit life to exist and the Divine Couple, a manifestation of Earth and Heaven. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 63 After Completion: Renew. Rouse people’s Idealism. "-- D. In Change there is the Supreme Polarity,. Blissful tranquility is referenced here, along with a sense of calm and devotion. This is a most auspicious time. The Superior Man, acting from his profound knowledge of the words and conduct of the wise men of old, nourishes his virtue. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY – LIBERATION . Action: Breakthrough. This is the core of mysticism. Be sincere. 56 -- Transition -- 56 . ’. 55 and 59 both speak of the king. Inner perseverance now leads to acquiring a place where you can influence the world you live in. Don’t just look at things. Advantageous to step into the Great Stream. ’. Summer (42): Ripen the fruits by increasing involvements. 5 -- Waiting -- 5 . Make an offering and you will succeed. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes a body of water lying open to the sky. Reading at a Glance: Jian is. Collect the energy and insight to start anew. Be open to the unexpected. Cleary (1): Being strong, yet acting submissively, the submissiveness subdues the strength, and strength cannot act on its own. Use your deep power to brighten your work and your purpose. This suggests a compulsive, unconscious drive, or an ill-considered impulse to act. 42 -- Increase -- 42 . The Mysterious I Ching: Forerunner of Computer Binary and Life Strategy. A sudden shock can cause you to stop all movement. Make an offering and you will succeed. 7. The Realizing Person brings things to completion. This requires connecting with the fundamental wisdom that is within you, within other people, and within all of nature. I Ching Hexagram 40 Jie (Liberation) Action: Untangle. The Well is a norm, a model of order that meets common needs, an endless and inexhaustible source of the water of life. It represents the World of the Dead and mourning, the Demon Country and traveling among the barbarians. Treading on the Tiger’s tail. Spring (43): Rouse new growth by decisively parting from old patterns. Therefore, the punishment theme in the hexagram warns us that a lack of Discernment in the matter at hand has built-in penalties: i. 19 Nearing LIN. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 31 Influence: Woo. Find a common purpose. 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. Keep your focus. Paintings and Prescriptions hexagram 24. Hexagram 63 • Line 2. You have come a long way but the journey is not over. C. The King approaches the Ancestral Temple to receive blessings for all. Advantageous Trial. Thus the superior man eats and drinks, is joyous and of good cheer. Flourishing. The hexagram deals with the union between the ruler and his ministers -- between high and low in the kingdom. It is sad when you have blessings to share and no one seems to notice or care. Joy and delight to the Noble Lord. 23, Stripping Away. " I do not mind if it is moved to "Exploring Divination" or elsewhere. It is also a time of individual strength and courage. Without fault. (An aside: Stephen Karcher came up with the idea of the ‘ Shadow hexagram ’. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 5 Nourishment While Waiting: Patience. Hexagram #28: Lake over Wind. I Ching Hexagram 54 Kui Mei (Propriety). This hexagram pair, 57/58, is flanked by 55 / 56 and 59 / 60, which are complementary (change all the lines of 55 to get 59, and all the lines of 56 to get 60). Have no fear. It begins with communication: broadcast the message in the king’s chambers, truth calls out. Jian, limping invokes the culture hero Yu the Great, the Limping God who tamed the flood, created writing, cast the first sacred vessels and opened the channels of the Water Way. Judgment. No lines changing: you can try to do things, but they may fail or even backfire. Success is assured. Things are obscured, there is no longer a notification. – Chinese Proverbone hexagram becomes another by "moving lines. Wilhelm (from Lectures on the I Ching): A complete change is. Dwelling People. I Ching Hexagram 8 Pi (Uniting). From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. Winter (31): Find the seed of the new by contemplating what comes next. Hexagram 4. 4,045. When you place yourself in a position to help another, you will discover your greater capabilities. Hexagram 50 • Line 4. See what unfolds in the new time of completion. Develop the strength of your central idea. Outer to Inner: the process transforms the Navigator trigram in the outer world of 29 into the Visionary trigram in the inner world of 30. Do not stay in isolation. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 60 Limitation: Regulate. Make an offering and you will succeed. Hexagram 10 Lǚ Treading. To follow the energy of life, you will discover that it is always seeking the best of what you might become. Gain their support. Beware of obsequiousness, sycophancy, intolerance and greed. Mothering Change presents Transforming Lines as Steps of Change that show you where and how to focus your energy. The air is ripe with imagination, inspiration, and energy. Great idea about consciously remembering unpleasant things when in a good mental state. Kǎn (Abyss) Action: Relinquish Hu Gua (hidden influence) 27: Nourishing Vision: Nurture. Don’t try to change the world. Awareness of your attachment to other people is the key that opens the door to knowing your true place in the world. 1 Inspiring Force/Creator QIAN. Your worth will be recognized. The hexagram is encouraging you to take the initiative, or is affirming an activity you have initiated. He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen enough. Rescue what is important. It is spring, the time of fools. Hexagram 23 is called Stripping Away. Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own. an irresistible impulse to perform an irrational act. The superior man differentiates between high and low, and thus fixes the minds of the people. I wrote about this a while ago: Hexagrams 28 and 62 are both about guo: ‘passing, going by, exceeding’. Kang supported Wu, and was rewarded. Reduce what is overdeveloped. Ritsema/Karcher: Below mountain possessing. Spring (43): Rouse new growth by decisively parting from old patterns. Wise Words! The Way is open. 3,990. 27 -- Nourishment -- 27 . We’ll also look at the lower trigram Fu and how it relates to this hexagram and its moving lines. The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind. The ‘powerful woman’ problem. – Seneca. Hexagram number 37 reminds us that our relationships with family and friends can provide us with insight. Spread the word through inspiring words and images. Judgment. 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. 27 -- Nourishment -- 27 . 26 Great Accumulates DA CHU. Hexagram #49: Lake over Fire. The Grey Rat. C. Do not get stuck in the mire and muck of your mind. ] Liu: Wind following wind symbolizes Penetration. Nearing. Thus the superior man abides in dignity and virtue, in order to improve the mores. 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. It is also about a great inner test. If this is the only changing line, the new hexagram created is number thirty, Clarity. Focus on one central plan. This line (and indeed the entire hexagram) is often received in answer to questions concerning creativity or the creative process. Be clear about who is above you and who is under you. HEXAGRAM NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN -- NOURISHMENT . Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes wind blowing over a marshy lake. Ending it in the Eighth Moon: Trap! The Way closes. Don’t try to advance yourself. When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with its fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze. The name of Hexagram 27 translates literally not as ‘Nourishment’ but as ‘Jaws’ – not something we call it, because shark. X. This line is sometimes received when doubts arise about the Work or our way of processing it: it is telling us to trust our inner knowing. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 15 Authenticity: Balance. 23 Stripping BO. Ride the Elephant. The cause for sorrow disappears. Humbling. Welcome to I Ching: Mothering Change, a free online divination program developed especially for In the Family Way in collaboration with Stephen Karcher, Ph. 11: Harmony. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FIVE -- WAITING. 56 Sojourning LU. Use your deep power to brighten your work and your purpose. Summer (9): Ripen the fruits by paying special attention to the smallest details. But change is eternal, and here we see the beginnings of recovery from the former situation. Wilhelm/Baynes: Clouds rise up to heaven: the image of Waiting. Advantageous to install the lords to move the legions. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 17 Following: Show by Example. 59 Dispersing HUAN. Nine in the third place changes to hexagram 3. Success is allowing your lot to reach its highest degree. 2 > 62. 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. And the still deeper secret of the secret: the land that is nowhere, that is your true home. Legge: Metamorphosis is believed in only after it has been. Richard Wilhelm (1873 - 1930) Richard Wilhelm, born in 1873 in Germany, more than any other, is responsible for. The Superior Man, abiding in holiness and virtue, inclines the people towards goodness. The transformative process of the pair 57:58 Subtle Penetration and Opening develops the insight to release hidden suffering and the capacity to express the spirit in the human community. 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. Make an offering and you will succeed. Hook Judgment . 10 Treading LU. You are in the Realizing phase of this Pair. Small harvest in having a direction to go. It is not the time for active doing. Here is an interesting thread about 48uc to start with. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 54 Propriety: Subordinate. The strong ice will come (by and by). Hook . Reaction score. Hexagram 13 T'ung Jen Fellowship. There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation. Use your power quietly and be generous with those who look to you for leadership. Persevering. Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow. Top 6: Bitter restraint, divination pitfall. Liu: The lake ascends to heaven, symbolizing Determination. Outer to Inner: The process transforms the Mediator, the outer world trigram of 49 into the Matchmaker in the inner world of 50. Summer (38): Ripen the fruits. 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. Changes to (43) Determination. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes clouds rising to the zenith -- inactivity! The Superior Man will pass this time in feasting and enjoyment. For everything you have missed, you have gained something else; and for everything you gain, you lose something else. The term was used to describe all relations outside the norms, unions based on passion that lead to major changes. Make no impulsive decisions. ] Cleary (2):Delight comes through, beneficial if correct. Action will replace inertia. One acts without listening to reason. Just as a clap of thunder brings a jolt to the sky, hexagram number 51 signifies the imminence of a powerful jolt to one's life. Take immediate creative action. Hexagrams 28 and 62 are both about guo: ‘passing, going by, exceeding’. Find qualified people to work with. This turns outer expression of inspiring ideas. 41) Mirror. Legge: Line five is dynamic in the central place of honor, and has a proper correlate in line two. Winter (62): Find the seed of the new by making very careful moves. Other titles: Limitation, Restraint, Regulations, Articulating, Receipt, Restraining, Containment Judgment . Reaction score. Move forward carefully. Overcoming the obstacles will bring real success in the end. Dissolve old structures and liquidate assets. Balance and adjust things by cutting through pride and complication. Hexagram 14 is named 大有 (dà yǒu), "Great Possessing". Action: Subordinate. Hexagram 41 is named 損 (sǔn), “Diminishing”. Through Bound we open the subtle body. You can’t push too hard because the situation may call. It means us, all together, all of us. Brighten people’s understanding. So both hexagrams are part of the work of making things possible: clearing and renewing the space that sustains limitless growth. Reaction score. Fourth, the combined trigrams of shock and light (thunder and lightning) suggest a sudden and numinous illumination: the sort of en-light-enment. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 39 Obstruction: Innovate. ”. Other titles: Coming to Meet, The Symbol of Meeting, Contact, Sexual Intercourse, Encountering, Coupling, Infiltration by Inferior Men, Adultery "Contains a definite warning about a person or situation which may appear harmless but will prove. Approach. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes fire blazing from the earth. Though you feel held back, this is for your own good. Stay low and humble. Hexagram number 19 references the positive concepts of anticipation and expectation. Analogous to gods or cosmic forces, their "laws" are like the laws of karma or of nature -- inexorable in their outcome. The image of the 46th hexagram is of a plant growing in the earth, gradually pushing upward toward the sun. Using the Experienced People opens the Way. Build cohesiveness, instruct people, mobilize energy and take the lead. The commentators suggest that the condition symbolized here is a necessary sequel to the regulation of the family in the preceding hexagram. Primary and relating hexagram; Moving lines 1 (line positions) Moving lines 2 (Steps of Change) A Reading Practice; Close; Quick Insights. Think about real goals and take a decisive stand for change. "-- D. Let new developments be seen. If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. Sprouting and Massing. Liu: The lake ascends to heaven, symbolizing Determination. Create goals that help everyone endure in what is right. You are in the Inspiring phase of this Pair. an act of compelling: a driving by force, power, pressure, or necessity. Accumulate the Small to achieve the Great. Hook . This life is calm, firm and provided with everything necessary. Communicate positive feeling, togetherness, enthusiasm, joy and laughter. Regret disappears. I Ching Hexagram 46 Sheng (Pushing Upward). 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. Outer to Inner: The process transforms the Matchmaker trigram in the outer world of 57 into the Mediator trigram. 55 Abounding FENG. 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. Don’t be timid. Don’t make plans, just listen. "-- D. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes thunder over a pool. Wise Words! 16 Providing for YU F Providing for a Joyous Response. Don’t try to start something new yet. Below you will find links to read a comprehensive interpretation for each of the 64 hexagrams from the I Ching Book of Changes. For example, the first Gua is "Qian", and it can be represented by "111111". Thus the superior man brightens his character. Use your words to inspire them and your actions to connect them. Return is associated with the time of the winter solstice when the sun begins its journey back toward summer. The Pair is made up of Fire and Water in maximum integration and suggests all the metaphors of cooking and. I Ching. The fact that each hexagram is the inverse of the other should. The motto is: Keep a small heart. This suggests a compulsive, unconscious drive, or an ill-considered impulse to act. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 24 Return: Go Back. 4 = earth number, community, Gaia, grounded, farmers, agriculture. 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 membership. This leads to a breakthrough. Stripping. Free yourself from old entanglements. I Ching Hexagram 42 Yi (Increase). Put things in order. The Chinese name of Hexagram 47, translated as ‘Confined’, ‘Exhaustion’, ‘Oppressed’, shows a tree enclosed on all sides by walls. Cut through pride and. Serve your highest ideals. 49 Skinning/Revolution GE. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 40 Liberation: Untangle. There is no real blockage that can withstand submission. Legge:The Magnetic means success through the docility of a mare. This is a time of shedding the old and seeing with fresh eyes. A foundation without prejudice is the first step in how the weak progresses. The Superior Man devotes careful thought to his judgments and is tardy in sentencing people to death. Stay connected with your origins/basic values in context of hexagram’s meaning in Judgment and Image. But change is eternal, and here we see the beginnings of recovery from the former situation. I wonder if I might butt in here please. Creating success. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 28 Critical Mass: Adjust. Disorder succeeds to order, and. You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within. Recall a close brush with danger—a falling branch, a barely avoided automobile accident, an escape from a violent confrontation. The noble one ‘sets the situation straight and consolidates his destiny’: this is more than just a time for good ideas, it’s a. Click on the links to connect with the Relating Figure generated by each line. M. Hexagram 18 gives rise to some of the least ‘generalisable’ readings in the I Ching. When the operation is completed, a. They are preoccupied with themselves. Hook Judgment . Great change. I Ching Hexagram 63 Chi Chi (After Completion) Action: Renew. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 54: Propriety: Subordinate. The forty-ninth hexagram makes an analogy between the natural Metamorphosis of animal pelts and the proper way to regard radical changes in government. An ascent from a fixed position. Changes to (35) Progress. Examples of yin/yang polarity are female/male. advertisement. Make no impulsive decisions. Make an offering and you will succeed. 3 Sprouting ZHUN. There is a profound lesson here which is best appreciated by meditating on the associations implied. Do not worry over what seems gone. In Hexagram 44, we are encountering, meeting or ‘coupling’ with a powerful woman. Spring (17): Rouse new growth by applying your experience. Other titles: The Abysmal, The Symbol of Sinking, Water, The Abyss, Gorge, Repeating Gorge, Repeated Entrapment, Double Pitfall, Multiple Danger, Double Water, The Deep, Dark Forces, The Perilous Pit, "May not be as bad as it sounds, but whatever happens,. Outer to Inner: The process of the pair transforms the Matchmaker trigram in the outer world of 53 into the Mediator trigram in the inner world of 54. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 14 Great Possessing: Shine. In the Book of Changes it is said: `When three people journey together, their number decreases by one. A. The transformative process of the pair 43:44 Breakthrough and Coupling develops the courage to speak at a critical moment and the patience to let yourself be influenced by the encounters that result. Treading on the Tiger’s tail.