The answer should tell you the condition of your will. Maintain a state of innocence to keep your own integrity. The model of the moment: Truth can be a powerful ally in the forging of new relationships, or the persuasion and influence of others. Do not make yourself feared. [The component trigrams combine the concepts of wind and blandness -- hence a favorable wind. Winter (8): Find the seed of the new by re-grouping your thoughts. Summer (1): Ripen the fruits. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY-NINE -- METAMORPHOSIS . Being free of desires, you will discover that the empire is at peace of its own accord. But if the well seems to have run dry, or the supply cannot be accessed, the solution lies in banding together with others for the good of all. The I-Ching translation of Richard Wilhelm, rendered in English by Baynes, also translated this word as "The Army". Great success will make his rashness irrelevant. Something very profound is also committed to your success. 56 -- Transition -- 56 . Nine in the fifth place changes to hexagram 46. 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 or felt for some time, is approaching. an act of compelling: a driving by force, power, pressure, or necessity. Thus the superior man abides in dignity and virtue, in order to improve the mores. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 38 Opposition: Accommodate. 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. HEXAGRAM NUMBER THIRTY-NINE – IMPASSE . You win new friends with an important position in the community. 16: Enthusiasm. I am like a Heavenly Dragon. 3. On the Cast Hexagram-, Hexagram Lines- and Transformed Hex-tab you can click through to the corresponding original I Ching translation, if applicable. then yin and yang alternated in 63/64. Fire evaporates water, and water puts out fire. Dim light. Hexagram #28: Lake over Wind. This is a time for action. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 27 Nourishing Vision: Nurture. ) The good auspice is due to this flexibility, but in either instance the following must be guided by a reference to what is correct. The effect is like powerful music that inspires great numbers of people, loosening constraints and sprouting new opportunities. As that figure deals with the correct relations . Nine in the third place changes into hexagram 24. When success over others is achieved through sheer force of authority or superior position, the victory will not last. Nine in the fifth place changes to hexagram 40. Hexagram 50 Ting Cauldron. The symbolism of the lines indicates the situations encountered by the prince. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes wind blowing at the foot of a mountain. Liu: Fire above wood symbolizes the Caldron. Dragging the adversary about when there is no adversary will cost you your inner treasure. Ritsema/Karcher: Below mountain possessing wind. Supreme success! Like the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, a person whose fortunes have turned for the better shines brightly now. Summer (27): Ripen the fruits by clearing the channels of communication. HEXAGRAM NUMBER SIXTY-THREE – COMPLETION . Similarly, change often causes conflict, and conflict brings about change. The new light is slowly emerging. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 28 Critical Mass: Adjust. Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side, which he never shows anyone. Other titles: Standstill, The Symbol of Closing, Stagnation, Obstruction, The Wife, Obstructed, Decadence, Disjunction, Impasse, "Yin supporting yang which is wrong, they part company. Accept the heart of the dark time. We are told not to cross the bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by those who crossed. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 64 Before Completion: Prepare. You may feel too weak to continue. HEXAGRAM NUMBER THIRTY-SIX -- CLOUDED PERCEPTION . [This hexagram represents joy in practicing the Tao. Nine in the first place changes to hexagram 29. Hexagram 48 Jing The Well. The hexagram often reflects a situation in which the "archetypes": the passions, appetites, emotions, drives and instincts have left their proper places within the psyche and are flying free like birds escaped from the zoo. There are times when immediate escape is the only reasonable option. An example could be that wherein a person's shoe laces were improperly tied so that the left foot was bound to the right. There is the Small, talking. 49 -- Metamorphosis -- 49 . I Ching Hexagram 24 Fu (Return). Everything flows and nothing abides;everything gives way and nothing stays fixed. The ‘powerful woman’ problem. (Changes to hex. Our energies change and evolve like seasons in the year. See what unfolds in the new time of completion. Rely or your own yin energy. It shows men's minds alienated from correctness and sure to go on to disorder. HEXAGRAM NUMBER TWELVE -- DIVORCEMENT. – Mahatma Ghandi. You can’t force things before the right time for action. 30 -- Clarity -- 30 . HEXAGRAM NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN -- NOURISHMENT . HEXAGRAM NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN -- NOURISHMENT . F. You hold the power to become the master of your existence. The transformative process of the pair 47:48 Confining and the Well develops the strength to escape from oppression by re-connecting with real human values. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY – LIBERATION . This would vary in a family according to its poverty or wealth, and in a state according to the abundance or scantiness of its resources. Spring (43): Rouse new growth by decisively parting from old patterns. The superior man distributes wealth below him, without displaying his favors. I Ching Hexagram 51 Zhen (Shocking). Hu Gua (hidden influence) 54 Propriety: Subordinate. This classic translation from Chinese was in German, by Richard Wilhelm in 1923. Six in the second place changes to hexagram 62. My Earthly Self is square, feeling boundaries and limits. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 34 Great Power: Invigorate. Six in the last place. Remarks: Usually the upper trigram refers to the future and the bottom trigram, the cause. Key words: Touching the wellspring. Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 48. 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. If you make your heart like a lake, life will continuously fulfill you. This hexagram advises the individual to embrace change and progress towards their goals. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 54: Propriety: Subordinate. I can see hexagram 1 and 2, 63 and 64 as like a pair of bookends containing all life's experience between them. 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. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 37 Family: Support. Truth fears nothing but concealment. The model of the moment: The major source of your sustenance is never yours to control or restrict access to for others; it belongs to everyone. "-- D. Legge: The hexagram of Expansion denotes a state of dissipation or dispersion. The Superior Man, taking his stance as righteousness requires, adheres firmly to heaven's decrees. 54 -- Propriety/Making-Do -- 54 . Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 41. Line-1. Acting as if you were a lord or lady brings predatory interest which could prove unfortunate. Top 9: Encountering (with) one's horn. The effect is like powerful music that inspires great numbers of people, loosening constraints and sprouting new opportunities. I Ching Hexagram 35 Chin (Progress). The name of this hexagram is very straightforward: the Well. 2. Six in the fourth place changes to. Wise Words! The Way opens. There has been a skilful dealing with several things or people being predatory or cunning in regard to the issue. ] Liu: Wind following wind symbolizes Penetration. Other titles: The Symbol of Addition, Gain, Augmenting, Help from Above, Benefit, Advantage, Profit, Expansion Judgment . Hook Judgment . Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes a lake situated upon a mountain. None will consider your life of account. 2. 47: Oppression. Line-1. Legge: Increase denotes advantage in every movement which shall be undertaken -- it will be advantageous even to cross the great. If the thirteenth hexagram depicts a process of uniting, the fourteenth might be seen as the completion of that process. Be mindful of how you nourish. Nine the Third Place. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes a favorable wind. Hexagram 48 Jing The Well. the process of 3 days before the turning point, and 3 days after it. Six in the first place changes to hexagram 24. Take responsibility. Neglecting the richness of ones own abilities and not putting them to use, leaves them to atrophy. Competent people find their way and make progress, even in difficult circumstances. The hexagram deals with the union between the ruler and his ministers -- between high and low in the kingdom. 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. This is about character. Other titles: Darkening of the Light, The Symbol of the Appearance of Clear Intelligence Wounded, Injury, Wounding of the Bright, Brightness Hiding, Calling Pheasant, The Darkened Light, Concealment of Illumination, Injury of Illumination, Light Obliterated, Intelligence Unappreciated, Censorship, Hiding One's. Spring (17): Rouse new growth by applying your experience to the ongoing project. Interesting that hexagram 46, Earth over the Wind and Wood is Pushing Upward. Hook. Reading at a. There is no real difficulty that requires outward movement. The well is down low: shoot at the fish. Liu: The lake ascends to heaven, symbolizing Determination. Liu: Wind blowing around the foot of the mountain symbolizes Work after Spoiling. I Ching Hexagram 24 Fu (Return). Good prospects for a marriage or partnership. The weak and strong can coexist when the weaker element does not impose upon the stronger one, when it maintains good humor, and when it avoids taking bold action. On the symbolism of "seven days," Ch'eng-tzu says: "The places of a hexagram amount to six. Serve your highest ideals. Change your attitude. Change your attitude. Fit your life into the whole. Wilhelm titles this hexagram Preponderance of the Great. Wu: Relief indicates advantage in the southwest. HEXAGRAM NUMBER SEVEN -- DISCIPLINE. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 5 Nourishment While Waiting: Patience. "-- D. Six the the first place changes to hexagram 34. In Critical Mass four dynamic lines lurk inside of the hexagram, weakly contained at top and bottom by two magnetic lines. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 63 After Completion: Renew. When you lose your way, life always hands you a map that says: ‘you are here. In the previous line 4 we also encounter 3 celebrations of success. In Critical Mass four dynamic lines lurk inside of the hexagram, weakly contained at top and bottom by two magnetic lines. Clear the way for true direction -- for desire that's more than an itch. Human nature is basically the same: the passage. Ritsema/Karcher: Above wood possessing fire. 48 - The inspiration of the individual. To use the Christian injunction in illustration: the upper trigram of Heaven is perfect, and the lower trigram of. And yet we might agonize over that. 8 -- Holding Together -- 8 . 1 You yearn for taking major action, but the time is not ripe. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN – OPPRESSION Other titles: Exhaustion, The Symbol of Repression and Confinement, Adversity, Weariness,. What lies beneath our outer appearance is what counts most. TonyHexagram #29 is composed of two 3-line trigrams mounted over and under each other. HEXAGRAM NUMBER NINETEEN -- APPROACH . Have no anxiety about. 12 -- Divorcement --12 . Reading at a. I have been experiencing much difficulty with the people I work with and have had very little success in implementing positive changes. F. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 59 Dispersion: Flow. HEXAGRAM NUMBER TWELVE -- DIVORCEMENT. 14: Affluence. Obstructions, difficulties, and even setbacks can eventually be overcome and become assets. Nine in the second place changes to hexagram 27. Treat your partner the way you want to be treated in return. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 1 Creative: Initiate. ". Something very profound is also committed to your success. To put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts. Every encounter needs the decision to enter it or reject it, every decision to do it or not. In the contrast of the family, life reveals your deeper color. Don’t give up. Judgment . The bottom three lines of hexagram #29 form the trigram for Water, while the upper three lines form the trigram for Water. Remain mindful while celebrating. Become an example for others to emulate like a tower of an ideal. Action: Encourage. The Superior Man, by stimulating people's hearts, nourishes their virtue. I Ching Hexagram 58 Tui (Joy). The weak force is more powerful than gravity, and the. Another unusual flowering union of feminine and masculine. Cleary (1): For liberation, the southwest is beneficial. Action: Explore. The Superior Man consults both high and low and thereby steadies the people's will. F. (Emphasis mine, Ed. The temple in which the sacred marriage takes place is the world. 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. Nine in the first place changes to hexagram 8. HEXAGRAM NUMBER THIRTY-SIX -- CLOUDED PERCEPTION . 2 – Give sincere support or non at all. The superior man differentiates between high and low, and thus fixes the minds of the people. When in a strange land it is important to know what the rules are and abide by them. Nine in the fourth place changes to hexagram 24. 11 -- Harmony -- 11 . Nine in the third place changes to hexagram 35. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY-SIX – PUSHING UPWARD . This is a good time for decisive action to resolve festering problems. Success comes when you achieve tranquility in disturbance. Beware of hollow victories. Tis not the many oaths that make the truth; but the plain single vow, that is vowed true. Be careful all day long. Reading at a Glance: You are being sincere but may feel obstructed. Growing: the small. Nine in the Second Place. 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. Make no impulsive decisions. Invoke wisdom of the older wise female member of your family for guidance. Judgment. The Superior Man distributes his emoluments to those below; dwelling in virtue, he renounces them. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 28: Critical Mass: Adjust "Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star. At the winter solstice, the Yang seems to have disappeared. I Ching Hexagram 36 Ming Yi (Brightness Hiding). Without loss, without gain, they go and they come in their order. Fall (44): Harvest the crop by letting emerging new patterns move you. He may be the strongest animal in the flock, but a proud, haughty ram brings misfortune upon himself. The gravity of matter merges with the upward radiation of light to create a condition of deep harmony. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 24 Return: Go Back. –. I Ching Hexagram 27 Yi (Nourishing Vision). ]. Hook . People are coming to help you with the journey to completion. If it is the only changing line, the new hexagram becomes number 64, Unfinished Business, with its corresponding line depicting a moral victory. Substantiality is better than ornament. Other titles: Opposition, The Symbol of Strangeness and Disunion, The Estranged, Opposites, Polarizing, Alienation, Distant From, Perversion, Disharmony, Separated, Contradiction, Estrangement, Incongruity Judgment . Legge: In the first line, dynamic, we see its subject as the dragon lying hid in the deep. To keep others down, you would have to live your life on your knees. Legge: Difficulty indicates progress and success through firm. Legge: The first line, magnetic, shows its subject proclaiming her pleasure and satisfaction. . Hexagram 53 Ji’an Development. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 54 Propriety: Subordinate. The goal of the Work is to unite all of the disparate aspects of the psyche into a harmonious whole. Whirling in rhythmic regularity. Hook . 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 central idea is crossing a line – whether that’s a standard of morality or of customs, or a border in time (such as the change of. I Ching Hexagram 56 Lu (The Wanderer). It is also about a great inner test. Legge: During. I Ching Hexagram 11 T'ai (Peace) Action: Relax. 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. Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit. Nine in the fifth place. – LongfellowThe fifteenth and sixteenth hexagrams, each the inverse of the other, represent magnetic and dynamic aspects of the same general idea: Enthusiasm, when it emanates from the Self, is just Temperance in action. HEXAGRAM NUMBER EIGHTEEN -- REPAIR. The hexagram describes a condition that has become unsustainable and is ripe for change. The time for Approach, like Spring, does not last. Wealth is the inverse of the preceding figure, Union of Forces. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 42 Increase: Expand. This suggests a compulsive, unconscious drive, or an ill-considered impulse to act. " It is not easy to reflect the truth, and the superior man is counseled to constantly perfect his capacity to do so. Commitment is the force of attraction that brings all things back to you. The Master said: "Heaven and earth come together, and all things take shape and find form. 3. He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen enough. I Ching Hexagram 57 Xun (Penetration). Nine in the fifth place changes into hexagram 32. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of conflict and consequent seclusion. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FIFTY-FOUR -- PROPRIETY/MAKING-DO. Action: Nurture. 10 -- Cautious Advance -- 10 . Commit to the situation. The Superior Man, taking his stance as righteousness requires, adheres firmly to heaven's decrees. When you are steadfast in your power, you cannot be thrown from your center. Shock. 2. Spring (17): Rouse new growth by applying your experience to the ongoing project. Paintings and Prescriptions, hexagram 13. Six in the third place. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 39 Obstruction: Innovate. Action: Balance Hu Gua (hidden influence) 40 Liberation: Untangle. In hexagram 41, the trigrams Mountain over Lake are defined by their human symbols. And the still deeper secret of the secret: the land that is nowhere, that is your true home. Offer what is in ones heart. Remain patient and build your strength. One looks for helpers, But good help is hard to find. Compulsion:1a. Hexagram 12, Paintings and Prescriptions. 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 resulting hexagram will provide insight into the situation and suggest a course of action. The forty-ninth hexagram makes an analogy between the natural Metamorphosis of animal pelts and the proper way to regard radical changes in government. Other titles: Welling, Potentialities Fulfilled, The Source, The Deep Psyche, "A resurrection or transformation. Hexagram 53. Fourth, the combined trigrams of shock and light (thunder and lightning) suggest a sudden and numinous illumination: the sort of en-light-enment. It is seen as a sequel to the previous hexagram,Initiative. an irresistible impulse to perform an irrational act. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 58 Joy: Encourage. Paintings and Prescriptions hexagram 24. Six in the. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 44 Coming to Meet: Encounter. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 24 Return: Go Back. Other titles: The Receptive, The Symbol of Earth, Submission, The Passive Principle, Field, The Flow, Responsive Service, Yin, Natural Response, The Bearer Judgment. Without irritating grains of sand, oysters would never make pearls. Sometimes the sacrifice. Circle of Meanings. With economy, I can be liberal. On the basis of this figure, all of the other hexagrams (except the first and second, which are their "parents"), are compared. We can be our own. Nine in the fourth place. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 2: Receptive: Yield. Power is the fuel, but careful precision is the regulator. If you diligently hold your ground, warding off negative tendencies or bad influences, goodness will indeed prevail. Humankind has not woven the web of life. I prefer R. – Kierkegaard. Be like a tower with a wide and long view. Nine the Third Place. The progression in the hexagram is from ignorance to clarity, and then in line six, ignorance within clarity -- i. 4 -- Inexperience -- 4 . Zong Gua (underlying cause) 53 Development: Flower. Legge: The first line, magnetic, shows its subject proclaiming her pleasure and satisfaction. Fire evaporates water, and water puts out fire. HEXAGRAM NUMBER SIXTY-TWO -- SMALL POWERS . Avoid empty displays of power or force. Have you got what it takes? The hexagram describes a hard movement with high momentum - substantial, fast and exciting. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY-SIX – PUSHING UPWARD . The writer of a great book or the composer of an inspiring piece of music also provide nourishment—to humanity. Action: Explore. Other titles: Peace, The Symbol of Successfulness, Prospering, Pervading, Greatness, Tranquility, Prosperity, Conjunction, Major Synthesis, Hieros Gamos, Holy Marriage, "Yang supporting yin and going to meet each other. Legge: In the first line, dynamic, we see its subject as the dragon lying hid in the deep. 7 -- Discipline -- 7 . The hexagram relates to personal power, that is power directly or indirectly under one’s own control. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FIFTY-FOUR -- PROPRIETY/MAKING-DO. To follow the energy of life, you will discover that it is always seeking the best of what you might become. Gather energy for a decisive new move. Hexagram 50 Ting Cauldron. – Chinese ProverbBlofeld: This hexagram symbolizes a favorable wind. Legge: The Sacrificial Vessel means great progress and. Ponce -- Kabbalah. Instinct is the bubbling of Te excited by the prospect of your coming-to-be-real. Line-1. 3 – Be careful of who you associate with. The development of the condition may have been gradual but the transformation is sudden and significant. Substantiality is better than ornament. Nine in the third place. Number 3 again! Nine in the fifth place changes to hexagram 18 which also advises. Remain centered while viewing the broader picture. Paintings and Prescriptions hexagram 55. If something that belongs to you is stolen do not allow yourself to be thrown off balance.