You don’t have to do everything alone. The Superior Man, acting from his profound knowledge of the words and conduct of the wise men of old, nourishes his virtue. 3 line is missing as the situation it describes: three people in a situation and one getting up and leaving -- apparently isn't part of this scenario. Ritsema/Karcher: Dwelling People. TEMPERANCE, leads from. Paintings and Prescriptions hexagram 55. Adversity is how life unleashes your excellence from within. 4. – Chinese Proverb 41. Six in the Fourth Place. Great receptivity attracts great gifts and great blessings. HEXAGRAM NUMBER SIXTY-TWO -- SMALL POWERS . The answer should tell you the condition of your will. If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. Commitment is the force of attraction that brings all things back to you. The mention of seven days in the Judgment and the winter solstice in the Image tells us that the hexagram of Return deals with cyclic progression. If you return from the darkness with gold, others will naturally follow. ” There will be evil. As a benefactor you are now in a position to give and support. About hexagrams. In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade’s no easier to make than an oak. Other titles: Deliverance, The Symbol of Loosening, Release, Eliminating Obstacles, Taking-apart, Untangled, Solution, Dissolution, Relief, Unloose, Release of Tension Judgment . I Ching Hexagram 59. This is an Advantageous Trial for the foolish youth. Meditate to help eliminate emotional or physical ailments. Other titles: The Symbol of Central Sincerity, Inward Confidence, Inner Truthfulness, Sincerity, Centering- Conforming, Central Return, Faithfulness in the Center, Sincerity in the Center, Insight, Understanding, The Psyche, "Take the middle road and avoid extremes. Number 3 again! Nine in the fifth place changes to hexagram 18 which also advises. Pathfinder Hexagram 21 Correction The model of the moment: Compromise is unsuitable in this circumstance, child. Good luck is coming your way as a result of your charity towards others. HEXAGRAM NUMBER SIXTY-THREE – COMPLETION . HEXAGRAM NUMBER TWENTY-ONE -- DISCERNMENT . Ching Hexagram 62. That's the principle of BITING THROUGH; nothing is immune to the imperative of Light. Legge:Contraction means collecting together, or things so collected. Consider your steps carefully when powerful forces surround you. Release the energy now bound up in the past (40). Wilhelm/Baynes: The Family . I Ching Hexagram 26 Ta Ch’u (Controlled Power). If you understand nature’s symmetries, you will use no counting rods. Interactions become cool and unexciting. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of a disturbing and inspiring shock. A state of calm and disengagement is enforced. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FIFTY-SIX – TRANSITION . The Superior Man distributes his emoluments to those below; dwelling in virtue, he renounces them. which is also about making space in a different way, to receive influence. 39 -- Impasse -- 39 . 61 -- Inner Truth - 61 . My creations are seen in the world with blessings to all. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 31 Influence: Woo. Wilhelm says: S/he lends grace to the toes, leaves the carriage, and walks. Six in the second place changes to hexagram 41. I Ching Hexagram 50 Ting (Cauldron) Action: Refine. What is below is decreased to the benefit of what is above. with unchanging hexagrams, no lines. Nine in the first place changes to hexagram 29. Action: Persevere. The new light is slowly emerging. Examine your motivations. If the superior man takes the. 18 -- Repair -- 18 . Hook. 41 -- Compensating Sacrifice -- 41 HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY-ONE -- COMPENSATING SACRIFICE Other titles: Decrease, The Symbol of Lessening, Loss,. Though you feel held back, this is for your own good. Do not focus on protecting and nurturing your own spirit (24). Cui (Gathering Together) Action: Network. The written character for this hexagram means "to advance," a quality it shares with hexagrams number forty-six, Pushing Upward, and number fifty-three, Gradual Progress. Nine in the Fourth Place. Let go of any remnants of prejudice you may carry, and seek the beauty and fullness that can be found in all people and things. Such is the case for a person whose resources are meager but who, through modesty and perseverance, eventually rises to accomplish great things. Legge: Line five is dynamic in the central place of honor, and has a proper correlate in line two. The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. Other titles: The Corners of the Mouth, Providing Nourishment, The Symbol of the Cheek and of Nourishment, Jaws, Lower Jaw, Nurturing, Swallowing, Sagacious Counsel, Nourishing, To Feed, "Can mean money, usually as the result of. Is there a circumstance in your life that you have failed to comprehend, perhaps because you didn’t. When you are steadfast in your power, you cannot be thrown from your center. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes the sky visible amidst the mountain peaks. Hexagram 12, Paintings and Prescriptions. 56 -- Transition -- 56 . The power is in the toes, the lowest part of the body, and the very bottom of the hexagram. Nine in the second place changes to hexagram 16. F. Hexagram 41 - Sun. ( Alternate: When in the presence of arrogance, the wise man plays the fool. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FIFTY-EIGHT -- JOY (SELF-INDULGENCE) Other titles: The Joyous, Joyousness, Pleased Satisfaction, Encouraging, Delight, Open, Usurpation, Self-indulgence, Pleasure, Cheerfulness, Frivolity, Callow Optimism Judgment . Legge: For the regulation of The Family, what is most advantageous is that the wife be firm and correct. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 21 Biting Through: Discern. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 48 The Well: Inspire. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 43 Determination: Breakthrough. Paintings and Prescriptions, hexagram 8 . Do not forget the ceremonial ladle and the libation. – Longfellow13 -- Union of Forces -- 13 . You can spend a lifetime and still never come anywhere close to exhausting the resources that are inside of you. Have you got what it takes? The hexagram describes a hard movement with high momentum - substantial, fast and exciting. Be inspired when fate has brought you into a relationship where you are not the first chosen to be aware of why you are here. I Ching Hexagram 55 Feng (Abundance). HEXAGRAM NUMBER TEN -- CAUTIOUS ADVANCE. In 41 uc a much more still feeling, more peaceful, mountain over lake. Take responsibility. I Ching Hexagram 60 Jie (Limitation) Action: Regulate. To have one's inner forces correctly united is indeed Possession in Great Measure, which is the title that Wilhelm gives to this figure. Remember and avoid illusion. I seek help. This suggests a compulsive, unconscious drive, or an ill-considered impulse to act. Disaster! Your arrogance caused you to lose your companion and a place to live. A. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 43 Determination: Breakthrough. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 2: Receptive: Yield. Things can be difficult in the beginning. Nevertheless, he is sick or in distress. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 44: Coming to Meet: Encounter. " Cleary (1): Joy is developmental, beneficial if correct. Realize that limitations are necessary to achieve balance and order in any endeavor. Legge: Line five is dynamic in the central place of honor, and has a proper correlate in line two. an irresistible impulse to perform an irrational act. Other titles: After Completion, The Symbol of What is Already Past, Already Fording, Already Completed, Settled, Mission Accomplished, Tasks Completed, After the End, A state of Climax Judgment . 2. Or you might be awaiting a decision in regards to your future welfare. Other titles: Preponderance of the Small, The Symbol of Excess in Small Things, The Small get by, Slight Excess, Small Exceeding, Small Surpassing, Excess of the Small, Small gains, Conscientiousness, Smallness in Excess, Exceeding the Mean, Proliferation. Wu: Relief indicates advantage in the southwest. All of life will not change you; it unfolds as a way to unmask you. It waits for the right. Hexagram 12 P'i Standstill. Reading at a Glance: Jian is. Exposure to danger brings good fortune to those who move beyond it. Nine in the Fourth Place changes to hexagram 53. . There is no beginning, but there is an end. I prefer R. and call on the older wise female member of your family for guidance. Nine in the. Do what you are good at, but know your limitations, delegate when there is someone you trust and who has the knowledge and skills. Nine in the fifth place. A state of calm and disengagement is enforced. Current circumstances call for confronting a thorny situation and cutting through it. Line-1 . Transformation is available or has come. Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 10. Nine in the fifth place changes to hexagram 41. Constant, flexible growth is the key attribute of a plant. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY – LIBERATION . Moving hard and fast. 14: Affluence. If the thirteenth hexagram depicts a process of uniting, the fourteenth might be seen as the completion of that process. 6. This energetic concentration could. NOTE: This is a quick port to the web of text I first wrote around 15 plus years ago. 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. Hexagram 53, Paintings and Prescriptions. 44 -- Temptation -- 44 . Only by learning the truth about ourselves may we. The time for Approach, like Spring, does not last. 19 -- Approach -- 19 . Pursue only your original goals and destiny will lead you away from danger. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 53 Development: Flower. Six in the third place. Success in the small. Hexagram 10 Lǚ Treading. ”. Heaven and the Earth are in spiritual contact at this time, and a harmony exists between them. Action: Renew. I Ching Hexagram 40 Jie (Liberation). Hook . That which I have been seeking. Paintings and Prescriptions hexagram 55. Other titles: The Wanderer, The Symbol of the Traveler, The Exile, Sojourning, The Newcomer, To Lodge, To Travel, Traveling, The Stranger, Strangers, The Traveling Stranger, The Outsider, The Alien, The Gnostic, The Tarot Fool, Wandering, Homeless, Uncommitted, On Your Own, "Can refer to being out of one's element. 54 -- Propriety/Making-Do -- 54 . Liu:The Family. I am in the center of love, the flowering of my soul. In terms of the I Ching, the line moving forth along the timeline is signified as 'to go', while the line moving backward is 'to come'. What is unobservable. – Eden PhillpottsLine 4: Confined by ignorance = entangled folly. On the Cast Hexagram-, Hexagram Lines- and Transformed Hex-tab you can click through to the corresponding original I Ching translation, if applicable. Do not worry over what seems gone. Reading at a Glance: Oftentimes we feel that life is unfair. ’ As there is no worldly gain without some loss, so there is no worldly loss without some gain. Other titles: The Corners of the Mouth, Providing Nourishment, The Symbol of the Cheek and of Nourishment, Jaws, Lower Jaw, Nurturing, Swallowing, Sagacious Counsel, Nourishing, To Feed, "Can mean money, usually as the result of. It suggests that people can achieve great things when they come together with a shared goal. Hexagram 13 T'ung Jen Fellowship. Complete things quickly. Mark 12: 41-44 . Hexagram 7 Shih Army. People are coming to help you with the journey to completion. What is below is […]I Ching Hexagram 31 Hsien (Influence/Wooing). F. HEXAGRAM NUMBER SEVEN -- DISCIPLINE. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 41 Decrease: Evaluate. When you place yourself in a position to help another, you will discover your greater capabilities. Hexagram 38 - K'uei. The hexagram describes a stage of development where all preparatory work has been done, strength has built up and one is ready to act. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 55 Abundance: Fulfill. Outstanding. But one does not drop the spoon or chalice. House 12: 114° – 120° rising from ICSix in the fourth place changes to hexagram 13. Nine in the fourth place changes to hexagram 41. Six in the last place. Your heart knows the truth and leads the way. You may feel too weak to continue. Action: Woo Hu Gua (hidden influence) 44 Coming to Meet: Encounter. [The arrangement of the component trigrams suggests glimpses of the sky among the peaks of the mountains. Hexagram 7 - Shih. Like a river that has been dammed or a pot of boiling water with a lid clamped on, holding and containing power produces enormous potential. Judgment. Pathfinder Hexagram 45 Meeting The model of the moment: Just as water sometimes congregates in large bodies as a response to changes in the environment, so too do people gather in periodic assemblies. The hexagram also means. First comes fear, then a sharpened vision. It is a recovery of masculinity and Fu is the turning point. ) The thirty-fifth hexagram shows the trigram of Clarity progressing over the earth -- an image of advancing awareness. With Bound, we confront our compulsions and the violence within ourselves. Other titles: Work On What Has Been Spoiled, The Symbol of Destruction, Decay, Arresting of Decay, Work after Spoiling, Fixing, Rectifying, Corrupting, Branch, Degeneration, Misdeeds "Can refer to heredity and psychological traits. Six in the fourth place changes to hexagram 10. ) The thirty-fifth hexagram shows the trigram of Clarity progressing over the earth -- an image of advancing awareness. F. Nine in the fifth place changes to hexagram 40. I Ching Hexagram 15 Qiān (Authenticity). Action: Ascend. Good fortune at first; disorder in the end. ". 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. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of an important move from one position to another. Action: Encourage. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 64 Before Completion: Prepare. Ritsema/Karcher: Shake, Growing. Danger and evil tidings may surround you. Line-1 . The finest clothes turn to rags. Legge:Liberation finds advantage in the southwest. The hexagram comprises two trigrams, one representing heaven and the other representing Earth. The lesson of the hexagram is that the nourishing of men of talent and virtue intimates great progress and success. "-- D. Let’s continue with hexagrams 41 and 42. Humankind has not woven the web of life. Line-1 Legge: The first line, magnetic, shows the looking of a child -- not blamable in those of inferior rank, but a matter of regret in superior men. Other titles: Fellowship with Men, The Symbol of Companionship, Lovers, Beloved Friends, Like-minded persons, Concording People, Gathering Men, Sameness with People, Universal Brotherhood, Fellowship, Community, United, Human Association,. I Ching Hexagram 26 Ta Ch’u (Controlled Power) Action: Amplify. Six in the third place changes to hexagram 48. Like a reservoir used to irrigate the fields, learning to accept a temporary decrease—in position, feelings, or material possessions—prepares. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY-NINE -- METAMORPHOSIS . Zong Gua (underlying cause) 23 Split Apart: Regenerate. At the winter solstice, the Yang seems to have disappeared. In writing of 42 I have the sense of fast movement in the skies, clouds shifting. ䷨ Sun / Decrease above ☶ KêN KEEPING STILL, MOUNTAINbelow ☱ TUI THE JOYOUS, LAKE This hexagram represents a decrease of the lower trigram in favor of the upper, because the third line, originally strong, has moved up to the top, and the top line, originally weak, has replaced it. Uprightness and being of sound character carry this issue through, despite the outward lack of refinement and smooth presentation. "-- D. The other two hexagrams that contain the idea of advance are number thirty-five, Advance of Consciousness and number forty-six, Pushing Upward -- each expresses its own nuance of meaning, and here the nuance is the gradual manner in which the advance takes place. The hexagram shows this as having arisen out of the relationship between something or someone stubborn and unyielding, and a someone or something passionate and giving. 21 -- Discernment -- 21 . A small sacrifice is appropriate. This thunder is the music of reawakening life. A sudden shock can cause you to stop all movement. The great image says: Repeated thunder: shocks. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 13 Fellowship: Socialize. Maintain a state of innocence to keep your own integrity. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 38 Opposition: Accommodate. Going beyond his own gate to find associates, he will achieve merit. Legge: Metamorphosis is believed in only after it has been. Other titles: The Clinging, The Symbol of Brightness and of Separateness, Flaming Beauty, Radiance, Fire, The Net, Allegiance, The Cosmic Mean, Synergy, Sunlight, Perception, Pertaining to Comprehension, The Light, Consciousness, Lucidity Judgment . Zong Gua (underlying cause) 5 Nourishment While Waiting: Patience. Have faith that a better time for you will evolve. Not losing the ladle, the libation. Hook . There is no beginning, but there is an end. From the perspective of the image and the sequence, the masculine line 6 of Hex 23 has survived and returns to position 1 of Hex 24. HEXAGRAM NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE -- ADVANCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS. The superior man distributes wealth below him, without displaying his favors. Competent people find their way and make progress, even in difficult circumstances. , an image of one who remains obtuse while surrounded by the light of illumination. Nissan Pathfinder in Yukon. – Goethe62: Attention to Detail. It can be especially effective. 41. [The component trigrams combine the concepts of wind and blandness -- hence a favorable wind. 59 Dispersing HUAN. Other titles: Deliverance, The Symbol of Loosening, Release, Eliminating Obstacles, Taking-apart, Untangled, Solution, Dissolution, Relief, Unloose, Release of Tension Judgment . The hexagram symbolizes the ninth month when summer has passed and the year is about to fall into the sterile arms of winter. Hexagram 8 - Pi. What is below is decreased to the benefit of what is above. F. Other titles: Fellowship with Men, The Symbol of Companionship, Lovers, Beloved Friends, Like-minded persons, Concording People, Gathering Men, Sameness with People, Universal Brotherhood, Fellowship, Community, United, Human Association, Union of Men, Integration of Forces, Minor Synthesis, Cliques, Concordance, To Be. Other titles: Difficulty at the Beginning, The Symbol of Bursting, Sprouting, Hoarding, Distress, Organizational Growth Pains, Difficult Beginnings, Growing Pains, Initial Obstacles, Initial Hardship Judgment. This is an excellent opportunity. Line-1. So as to influence the people. Line-1. Six in the fourth place changes to hexagram 16. Six in the second place changes to hexagram 10. Don’t be timid. Line-1. It is the tendency of a flexible or yielding nature to draw powerful forces to it, especially when prosperity. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 2: Receptive: Yield. Legge: The free course. Ambitious undertakings are not in order, but attention to small matters brings decent progress. 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. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 3 Difficult Beginnings: Persevere. By contemplating the laws of the universe you will influence others. In the previous line 4 we also encounter 3 celebrations of success. To persist in small matters is of benefit. Hi, I have asked “What is my destiny?” and received hexagram 14, with changing lines 5 and 6. Refraining in case of doubt or disagreement of others is usually safer, but it can also mean losing opportunities. He need not be anxious -- without his efforts a way of escape will be opened for him. Allow negative feelings to arise and be released. Hexagram #61: Wind over Lake. Six in the Third Place. Wealth is the inverse of the preceding figure, Union of Forces. To have one's inner forces correctly united is indeed Possession in Great Measure, which is the title that Wilhelm gives to this figure. Harvesting: woman Trial. You hold the power to become the master of your existence. Nine in the fourth place. Advantageous to step into the Great Stream. Nine in the fourth place. I sing and celebrate the past sounds from the sea, The future dance of the cosmos. Pathfinder (the online book) A modern American interpretation and integration of three philosophical classics: The I Ching, Tao of Power, and Art of War You may access Pathfinder in the same way you would the traditional I Ching; only here you'll simultaneously get results stemming from the I Ching, Tao of Power, and Art of War-- and in. It benefits to continue. An early key to success is to avoid pretentious ambitions and grandiose goals. A natural responsiveness attracts success through support and perseverance rather than bold action. Learn how to fit into the environment by being grounded. The way is open. Action: Socialize. In hexagram 62, line 2, you were asked to follow your intuition. Action: Conserve. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 31 Influence: Woo. Nine in the fifth place. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 53 Development: Flower. Something very profound is also committed to your success. Hexagram 41 • Decrease • Sun | I Ching Meditations. Pathfinder Hexagram 49 Major Change The model of the moment: People often dislike, or outright fear change. That "an advance to the south is fortunate" means that as all plants turn southward toward the sun, their source of nourishment, so should we turn toward the light and clarity of the "great man" or Self within us. The Superior Man consults both high and low and thereby steadies the people's will. It is not the time for active doing. these sensory perceptions seem stronger. ’ If a man carefully examines his thoughts, he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. Sun, Diminishing, and Yi, Augmenting, offer a paradigm of sacrifice and its results. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 15 Authenticity: Balance. When in a strange land it is important to know what the rules are and abide by them. – James. Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain. A suppressed resolve will betray itself in the eyes. Such incidents arouse every nerve in your body—perhaps in a brief wave of panic—but soon, once the danger has passed, the. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 37 Family: Support. Fire evaporates water, and water puts out fire. I Ching Hexagram 38 K’uei (Opposition). The small: Harvesting Trial. If you are not playing the host, you will discover that you are the guest. Legge: For the regulation of The Family, what is most advantageous is that the wife be firm and correct. Calm down. Six in the fifth place changes to hexagram 33. Truth is strongest when undiluted by the flavor of personal desires. 46 -- Pushing Upward -- 46 . With a spirit that shares with all you are nourished and enriched by this inexhaustible well of give and take. At the winter solstice, the Yang seems to have disappeared. Reliable . The point is. Defences have crumbled. Legge: The first line, magnetic, shows the looking of a child -- not blamable in those of inferior rank, but a matter of regret in superior men. The theme of the hexagram is the advance of men to offices in the state --. But one does not drop the spoon or chalice. Action: Breakthrough. "-- D. Other titles: Difficulty at the Beginning, The Symbol of Bursting, Sprouting, Hoarding, Distress, Organizational Growth Pains, Difficult Beginnings, Growing Pains, Initial Obstacles, Initial Hardship Judgment. Going nowhere, coming back is fortunate, etc. 41. I Ching Hexagram 19 Lin (Approach). Six in the fourth place. Commit to the situation. the Personality [ego] to the Higher Self. 63 -- Completion -- 63 . Voyager, there are no bridges; one builds them as one walks. I Ching Hexagram 46 Sheng (Pushing Upward) Action: Ascend. In the mixing of foreign waters, the further evolution of life is spurred on, and new, fertile soils distributed and laid down for the benefit of future. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FOUR -- INEXPERIENCE . I am like a Heavenly Dragon. Notes on this line: The inverse of hexagram #41, Decrease, is #42, Increase. Legge:. Nine the third place. 2. The hexagram describes a stage of development where something new shows itself to the outside world for the first time and finds that the world is supportive of it. "-- D. HEXAGRAM NUMBER THIRTY-NINE – IMPASSE . Whatever he does will succeed because he is correct and right. The course usually recommended for such times: Do. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 60 Limitation: Regulate. Excess of one thing attracts or causes its opposite. He rides over water in a vessel of wood, and will cross the great stream with success. Legge: In the first line, dynamic, we see its subject as the dragon lying hid in the deep. Lead by example.