Hu Gua (hidden influence) 43 Determination: Breakthrough. Nine in the First Place. Like a wooden foundation that has become weak and flimsy, this hexagram signifies a time of. The Superior Man consults both high and low and thereby steadies the people's will. – Henry Van Dyke. HEXAGRAM NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE -- ADVANCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS. In such a situation the person. This classic translation from Chinese was in German, by Richard Wilhelm in 1923. ( Alternate: When in the presence of arrogance, the wise man plays the fool. Accept the heart of the dark time. His being clothed in simple white crowns the lesson that ornament must be kept in a secondary place. 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. The Image of Mountain over Lake The situations of Decrease and Increase are a cycle of giving and receiving. The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. an act of compelling: a driving by force, power, pressure, or necessity. The 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. The reward of a gold arrow is to honor your integrity and heroic behavior. . You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within. This is a time when it will be easy to cultivate mutual trust in relationships and partnerships. Paintings and Prescriptions hexagram 16. Judgment . I Ching Hexagram 39 Jian (Obstruction). Pathfinder Hexagram 41 Burden The model of the moment: This could involve a personal sacrifice on your part, such as in paying taxes. In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade’s no easier to make than an oak. Flowers bloom in their own time. HEXAGRAM NUMBER SIX -- STRESS. Pathfinder Hexagram 49 Major Change The model of the moment: People often dislike, or outright fear change. 2. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 45: Gathering Together: Network. Cleary (2): Having the vehicle dragged back, the ox halted, the person is punished by heaven. BTW on thinking of answers one often gets a sense impression to do with the trigrams. Pathfinder Hexagram 47 Trapped The model of the moment: You are surrounded by enemies or inundated with adversity. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 44 Coming to Meet: Encounter. Step 4 Arrival: This inner preparation leads to what is greater. You don’t have to do everything alone. When the ruler issues commands, he has them proclaimed in every corner of the world. 9 -- Passive Restraint -- 9 . " Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of the heart, and that depends upon how much one has polished. One hears thunder unexpectedly. [This hexagram represents joy in practicing the Tao. The course usually recommended for such times: Do. 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. Shake coming: frightening, frightening. –Plato12 -- Divorcement --12 . HEXAGRAM NUMBER NINE -- PASSIVE RESTRAINT. I Ching Hexagram 14 Ta Yu (Great Possessing). He rides over water in a vessel of wood, and will cross the great stream with success. HEXAGRAM NUMBER NINETEEN -- APPROACH . So as to influence the people. Participate with life; do not mystify it. We sleep, but the loom of life never stops and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving. 3 – There are difficulties at hand. Laughing words, shrieking, shrieking. 2. an irresistible impulse to perform an irrational act. Adaptation leads you to harmonize with the changes. The shock scares a hundred Li. Affection or appreciation can outweigh any judgement that conventional society may have. Without fault. In the affairs of humanity, tranquility comes when the good, strong, and powerful. When you pay respect to the great, you pave the way for your own greatness. Interactions become cool and unexciting. Trap! The Way closes. Inner self-reflection now reveals the patterns that mark real ends and beginnings. When the operation is completed, a. In the I Ching, the hexagram fu, signifying the Return (one yang line beneath five yin lines) is the symbol of the rebirth of the Yang. Natural advancement is represented by growth in springtime, when new plant life pushes upward through the earth. Moving hard and fast. 19 -- Approach -- 19 . "-- D. Restraints are, if not cut entirely, at the very least loosened. 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. I Ching Hexagram 9 Hsiao Ch'u (Small Restraint). The course usually recommended for such times: Sometimes all that is needed to rectify a situation is a single decision. Six in the second place When in an unusual situation follow your intuition. 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. Hexagram 4 - Meng. (Emphasis mine, Ed. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 54: Propriety: Subordinate. We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. Though you feel held back, this is for your own good. The Can Tong Qi (Triplex Unity) sees the hexagrams #1 Heaven and #2 Earth as cauldron and furnace and hexagrams #29 Mastering Pitfalls and #30 Fire as the medicinal ingredients. HEXAGRAM NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE -- ADVANCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS. If your goals are in alignment with the greater good, positive actions taken with good timing will meet with success. I do not know who or where I am. 4: Youthful Folly. Ponce -- Kabbalah. I Ching Hexagram 30. Pathfinder Body type: SUV / Crossover Doors: 4 doors Drivetrain: Four-Wheel Drive Engine: 260 hp 3. Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 26. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of living and working with others in a common space. Hook . Hexagram 17 Sui Following. I am in harmony with the natural rhythms of being as. Hexagram 41 - Sun. – Chinese Proverb Compare the Judgment of this hexagram with hexagrams and lines 17:6, 45:2, 46:2, 46:4, 47:2, 47:5 and 63:5 for further insights on this extremely important tenet of the Work. Allow negative feelings to arise and be released. e. Hook Judgment . Our antagonist is our helper. ䷨ 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. Remember and avoid illusion. Nine in the second place changes to hexagram 51. Hexagram #39 ䷤ Halting (Trouble): Hexagram #39 Halting— This hexagram represents preserving the primordial in the midst of the temporal. or how my mother or father treated me. "-- D. Nevertheless, he is sick or in distress. F. and call on the older wise female member of your family for guidance. Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 3. This is an Advantageous Trial for the foolish youth. ( Alternate: When in the presence of arrogance, the wise man plays the fool. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 28 Critical Mass: Adjust. Nevertheless, he is sick or in distress. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 44: Coming to Meet: Encounter. 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. The subject of the sixth line shows more of the spirit of the hexagram than most. 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 . Hexagram number 61 signifies a deep bond or feeling of kinship. HEXAGRAM NUMBER TWENTY-NINE – DANGER . When the operation is completed, a. I Ching Hexagram 34 Da Zhuang (Great Power) Action: Invigorate. 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 language updated for modern living. Li (Clarity) Action: Perceive. Don’t make plans, just listen. This is a sign of prosperity, plenty and success. I Ching Hexagram 59. Invoke wisdom of the older wise female member of your family for guidance. HEXAGRAM NUMBER SIXTY-ONE -- INNER TRUTH . Bad prospects for marriage or partnership. 4 Ignorance) Mirror. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 21 Biting Through: Discern. The law of compensation shows how ‘what is’ springs from ‘what is not. Line-1. Pathfinder Hexagram 05 Suspension The model of the moment: You could be caught up in the games of others now, your goals entangled in conflict. I Ching Hexagram 50 Ting (Cauldron). Action: Nurture. 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. Wing's paraphrase of Critical Massas more evocative of the figure's meaning in modern terminology. e. Legge:Joy intimates that under its conditions there will be. Action: Ascend. HEXAGRAM NUMBER ELEVEN -- HARMONY. Hexagram 41 Calm down. Nine in the fifth place changes to hexagram 22. Great Accumulates. Other titles: The Marrying Maiden, The Symbol of the Marriage of the Younger Sister, Marriageable Maiden, The Marrying Girl, Subordinate, The Second Wife, Converting Maidenhood, Returning maiden, Making a young girl marry, Marrying a young girl, Marrying a Maiden, Unilateral Action, Impropriety, Improper. – Longfellow13 -- Union of Forces -- 13 . F. com I Ching Hexagram 41 Sun (Decrease) Action: Evaluate. We can be our own. Trust in nature. Fire evaporates water, and water puts out fire. – Goethe62: Attention to Detail. Action: Woo Hu Gua (hidden influence) 44 Coming to Meet: Encounter. Six in the second place changes to hexagram 6. Establish new principles and let go of the old ones. 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. The heart grows daily humbler, while the virtue grows daily higher. 11 -- Harmony -- 11 . Learn the lessons of the past. This state is to be preserved through the influence of religion and the great man, who is a kind of philosopher king who meets the spirits of his ancestors in the temple. Much to correct, much to organize. I Ching Hexagram 54 Kui Mei (Propriety) Action: Subordinate. Other titles: Revolution(s), Transformation, Skinning, The Bridle, The Symbol of Change, Molting, Leather, Skin, Molt, Cut Off, Changing, Radical Change, Overthrowing Judgment . Bad prospects for marriage or partnership. an irresistible impulse to perform an irrational act. You will find joy in attracting others when you work on your own negative issues. 56 -- Transition -- 56 . Nine in the Fourth Place. Be careful all day long. Wing's paraphrase of Critical Massas more evocative of the figure's meaning in modern terminology. Wait. To have one's inner forces correctly united is indeed Possession in Great Measure, which is the title that Wilhelm gives to this figure. Action: Accept. Legge: Stress indicates that despite sincere motivations, one still. Honest differences are often a sign of progress. If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. The power is in the toes, the lowest part of the body, and the very bottom of the hexagram. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 51 Shocking: Arouse. – Oliver Wendell Holmes. The emphasis is on upward motion, a movement from obscurity to influence, with growth that is supported by adaptability and an absence of obstacles. Competent people find their way and make progress, even in difficult circumstances. Line-6 . 2. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FIFTY-FOUR -- PROPRIETY/MAKING-DO. By playing my song in their way. Hook . This is out and out decrease. (An aside: Stephen Karcher came up with the idea of the ‘ Shadow hexagram ’. Nine the third place. You may feel too weak to continue. Personal power may be exercised physically, psychologically or psychically, as an individual or as part of a group. Summer (9): Ripen the fruits by paying special attention to the smallest details. I am like a Heavenly Dragon. Your way of thinking is transformed. Nine in the Fourth Place changes to hexagram 53. I Ching Hexagram 13 T'ung Jen (Fellowship). Do what you are good at, but know your limitations, delegate when there is someone you trust and who has the knowledge and skills. There is a thing confusedly formed ~ life is an all or nothing equation. I do not seek the foolish youth, the foolish youth seeks me. Therefore, the punishment theme in the hexagram warns us that a lack of Discernment in the matter at hand has built-in penalties: i. Every encounter needs the decision to enter it or reject it, every decision to do it or not. Pathfinder Hexagram 64 Undone The model of the moment: There is complete disorder here. Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 41. Action: Balance Hu Gua (hidden influence) 40 Liberation: Untangle. where you can see and be seen from a distance. Other titles: Biting Through, Gnawing, The Symbol of Mastication and Punishment by Pressing and Squeezing, Gnawing Bite, Severing, Chewing, Punishment, Reformation, Reform, Differentiation, Discrimination, Making a Distinction, Getting the message "Something which should be, or has to be bitten through. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerve, and sharpens our skill. On the symbolism of "seven days," Ch'eng-tzu says: "The places of a hexagram amount to six. Humankind has not woven the web of life. Liu: The heaven above and the lake below symbolize Treading. This classic translation from Chinese was in German, by Richard Wilhelm in 1923. 41. People are coming to help you with the journey to completion. – George Elliot43 -- Resoluteness -- 43 . 6. It is good not to eat at home; it is beneficial to cross great rivers. 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. If you know no boundaries, you will discover no limitations. I Ching Hexagram 7 Shih (Army). Do not worry over what seems gone. Nine in the second place. Good luck is coming your way as a result of your charity towards others. 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. Be on guard for the careless or rebellious attitudes characteristic of inexperience. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 53 Development: Flower. Paintings and Prescriptions, hexagram 13. Have faith that a better time for you will evolve. Legge: Increase denotes advantage in every movement which shall be undertaken -- it will be advantageous even to cross the great. The point is. Reading at a Glance: When the. 39 -- Impasse -- 39 . Other titles: Revolution(s), Transformation, Skinning, The Bridle, The Symbol of Change, Molting, Leather, Skin, Molt, Cut Off, Changing, Radical Change, Overthrowing Judgment . Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 46. Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible sun within us. Six in the Third Place. Its shadow is timidity and fear. Refraining in case of doubt or disagreement of others is usually safer, but it can also mean losing opportunities. Legge: The first line, magnetic, shows its subject proclaiming her pleasure and satisfaction. Six in the second place changes to hexagram 10. Six in the Fourth Place. Nine in the third place changes into hexagram 24. 30 -- Clarity -- 30 . On the Cast Hexagram-, Hexagram Lines- and Transformed Hex-tab you can click through to the corresponding original I Ching translation, if applicable. . I Ching Hexagram 46 Sheng (Pushing Upward). 2. It should be seen as a virtue, and noted as being wholly voluntary on your part. Pathfinder Hexagram 40 Liberation The model of the moment: A source of tensions and problems is cleared away. A situation in which the motive forces are represented by three. In the political world, inferior men have gradually displaced good men until only one remains. Hexagram 12 P'i Standstill. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 5 Nourishment While Waiting: Patience. All worthy goals meet some resistance. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 39 Obstruction: Innovate. . The progression in the hexagram is from ignorance to clarity, and then in line six, ignorance within clarity -- i. I feel completion in this fusion of the opposites. – Mark Twain Do not become a slave of yourself, of your duties or wishes. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes the sky visible amidst the mountain peaks. Cleary (1): In Nurturance of the Great it is beneficial to be chaste. 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. Hexagram 53, Paintings and Prescriptions. F. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 37 Family: Support. After the change, three days. "-- D. and sometimes we need a good crackling in order to perceive a truth and to act on it. Nature never says one thing and wisdom another. Together, they form a picture of harmony and balance. Painting inspired by the Chinese Character for Hexagram 54, The Second Partner. About hexagrams. In 41 uc a much more still feeling, more peaceful, mountain over lake. A comparison of its symbolism with that of hexagram number 41 yields many insights: The Path of. Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events. The leader thus joins with supporters for mutual benefit. Transformation is available or has come. 3. Less is more. Good times seem inevitable, and there is vitality in the air. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 26 Controlled Power: Amplify. This hexagram recognizes the inevitably slow progress of the Work (" Rome wasn't built in a day"), and that advances are always followed by retreats. Action: Accommodate Hu Gua (hidden influence) 63 After Completion: Renew. HEXAGRAM NUMBER TWELVE -- DIVORCEMENT. 49 -- Metamorphosis -- 49 . The seventh hexagram, therefore, shows the Work from the ego's point of view. 41. Nine in the first place changes to hexagram 12. Action: View. Shake scaring a hundred miles. 19 -- Approach -- 19 . The answer should tell you the condition of your will. 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. " Editor: Because this is the ruler of the hexagram, it is portrayed as a wise judge who settles the matter of contention justly. 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. Wilhelm/Baynes: A spring wells up at the foot of the mountain: the image of Youth. – Chinese Proverb 41. Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 33 Retreat: Disengage. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 64 Before Completion: Prepare. The hexagram is most likely a call to make the physical effort to get up and go. No human is an island. Paintings and Prescriptions hexagram57. If you are not playing the host, you will discover that you are the guest. Disaster!Hexagram 61 Truth. Hook . During normal times, daily ritual and habit keep life ordered and. ’ If a man carefully examines his thoughts, he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. If the thirteenth hexagram depicts a process of uniting, the fourteenth might be seen as the completion of that process. One can thereby gradually get to the realm of sages. Discipline is symbolized by water under the earth—a vital resource that is available but hidden, requiring effort to access. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 53 Development: Flower. ) The thirty-fifth hexagram shows the trigram of Clarity progressing over the earth -- an image of advancing awareness. Paintings and Prescriptions hexagram 55. Nine in the Fifth Place. 14: Affluence. This hexagram is complementary to hex. we have a new attitude that can approach becoming great. Complete things quickly. When there is a decrease in one area of. 7 -- Discipline -- 7 . This is a time for action. Therefore the rest of the remaining. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes a body of water lying open to the sky. Nine in the third place changes to hexagram 3. 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. "-- D. Realize that limitations are necessary to achieve balance and order in any endeavor. 6. 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. When trouble persists thrashing around in fear will push you into deeper trouble. To persist in small matters is of benefit. Oracle of Love. Movement slows and interest subsides. Cleary (1): For liberation, the southwest is beneficial. [The component trigrams combine the concepts of wind and blandness -- hence a favorable wind. 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. Action: Socialize. Hexagram 11 T'ai Peace. . Other titles: Treading, Conduct, The Symbol of Stepping Carefully, Proper Conduct, Cautious Treading, Proceeding Cautiously, Watch Your Step, Proceed at Your Own Risk, Advancing With Care "Illustrates the difference between courage and. The course usually recommended for such times: Anxiety will not help matters, but only make them worse. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 24 Return: Go Back. They. –. There has been a skilful dealing with several things or people being predatory or cunning in regard to the issue. 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. Rise and activate your great purpose. 42 -- Increase -- 42 HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY-TWO -- INCREASE Other titles: The Symbol of Addition, Gain, Augmenting, Help from Above, Benefit,. Liu: The lake ascends to heaven, symbolizing Determination. I Ching Hexagram 26 Ta Ch’u (Controlled Power) Action: Amplify. Fourth, the combined trigrams of shock and light (thunder and lightning) suggest a sudden and numinous illumination: the sort of en-light-enment. Six in the Third Place. – Eden PhillpottsLine 4: Confined by ignorance = entangled folly. Six in the fourth place. Nine in the fourth place changes to hexagram 41. Six in the Third Place Wake up! You may be looking for nourishment in the wrong place.