HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY-FOUR -- TEMPTATION . Hexagram #33: Heaven over Mountain. The ancient character appears to be an elaborated, decorated version of the character for ‘drum’: see Richard Sears’ site –. – Henry Van Dyke. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY – LIBERATION . In 49 one has clear ideas how things should be, in 4 things are not clear yet. 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. Advantageous Trial. There are always risks in change, so take care. 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. Bad prospects for marriage or partnership. Nine in the. He comes quietly, oppressed in a golden carriage. The hexagram describes a state of imbalance where the strong is too strong and the weak is too weak. 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. It is a hand holding the Moon, a Master of Change. For example, when brothers and sisters choose partners and marry, they often grow apart, since their allegiances prioritize new families. 1. 29 -- Danger --29 . There is harmony between the inner and outer, the micro and macro, the one and the all. Luck, and the help of others, is with you, as you have infused your work with the qualities of modesty and discipline. Legge:Pushing Upward means successful progress. There is a connection to the spirits that will carry you through. This hexagram consists of Wonder above and Spirit below. It is a necessity for your personal development, child. Beware of confusing ideas and hasty plans. Great is your advance and support given. The unyielding takes unrestrainedly, and the passionate is self sacrificing to the point of deprivation. The vital feminine principle of receptivity and formation is indicated by this hexagram. 4. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 44: Coming to Meet: Encounter. (Emphasis mine, Ed. Hexagram 29 - K'an. Humiliation but the end is reached. Nine in the fourth place. Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison. HEXAGRAM NUMBER SIX -- STRESS. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 2: Receptive: Yield. (Nowadays there is a specific word for earthquake made of the components ‘earth’ and ‘zhen’. With economy, I can be liberal. I prefer R. (28 Great Transition) Step 2 Inner Center: This inner re-organization leads to harmony with others. Pathfinder Hexagram 17 Survival The model of the moment: Pain and unhappiness must often precede great achievement, child. A hex is a short-term effect generated on the fly from your patron's magic, requiring your familiar to draw from your patron. The storage of reserves against hard times can benefit not only yourself but others. 6. ’. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 21 Biting Through: Discern. It is not only the students who learn when an. Cleary (1): For liberation, the southwest is beneficial. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY-SIX – PUSHING UPWARD . If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; every arrow that flies, feels the attraction of the earth. Action: Go Back. Reading at a Glance: When. 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. HEXAGRAM NUMBER SIXTY-TWO -- SMALL POWERS . I Ching Hexagram 56 Lu (The Wanderer). Ritsema/Karcher: Brightness issuing-forth above earth. The brightness lights up the night sky like a sacred flame. I Ching Hexagram 22 Bi (Grace). Yin’s primary quality is receptivity to Yang. The king's mind is without any deflection as he goes to his ancestral temple. Summer (42): Ripen the fruits by increasing involvements. ‘Nourishment nurtures correctly. But do you truly know what role you play at present?Pathfinder Hexagram 55 Security The model of the moment: Security is not a bad thing. Nine in the fifth place changes to hexagram 46. Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 46. They. – six solid, ‘yang’ lines, pure and whole, light with no shade, no nuances, no spaces, no ‘picture’. The ebb and flow of events are like waves in the sea, and there are periods of low tide. The 2 Trigrams Inside Hexagram #56. Legge: Recognizing the risks involved in criminal prosecution, justice demands a resolute proof of the culprit's. Its symbol is a hand offering meat or flesh, a sacrifice that leads to the shared meal with humans and spirits. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 28 Critical Mass: Adjust. You will slowly feel relief. The loss may in fact be our own. The hexagram describes a stage of development where strength has accumulated sufficiently for one to make a powerful thrust. Clear the channels of communication. - Eight I Ching hexagrams shown. A significant spiritual presence. – James. Equilibrium is the great foundation of life, and harmony its universal path. In harsh conditions one cannot afford the waste of energy that comes from self inflicted stress. 38 -- Mutual Alienation -- 38 . Otherwise the freedom of self-determination will be lost in such times. When walking across a thin and bending beam, one must take heart and have faith that it will hold. Too many small errors – or crimes – have been committed. This leads to a breakthrough. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 11 Peace: Relax. The Pair 1:2 Force and Field is an Engine of Change that develops the transformative power to both inspire and realize things. Participate with life; do not mystify it. 49 -- Metamorphosis -- 49 . 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. Pathfinder Hexagram 09 Binding The model of the moment: Here some element, weak in itself, draws strength from the situation to successfully restrict or move a much more formidable entity. Pathfinder Hexagram 33 Retreat The model of the moment: This represents a time when one should yield to one's enemies and withdraw. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FORTY – LIBERATION . –. Pathfinder Hexagram 40 Liberation The model of the moment: A source of tensions and problems is cleared away. F. ’ If a man carefully examines his thoughts, he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. The heart grows daily humbler, while the virtue grows daily higher. Personal power may be exercised physically, psychologically or psychically, as an individual or as part of a group. In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade’s no easier to make than an oak. Finding ourselves in company of others who are taking a path unwise for us, we see our established and tried friendships have more to offer. This situation speaks to both teachers and students; to the circumstance of knowledge being passed from one generation to the next. 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. If the rope does not reach all the way into the well, of if the bucket breaks, that is unfortunate. 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. You try to fix the distant horizons. Cleary (1):The Well: Changing the village, not changing the well; no loss, no gain. And success usually demands such a commitment. Pathfinder Hexagram 41 Burden The model of the moment: This could involve a personal sacrifice on your part, such as in paying taxes. Be alert. YiMagic YiMages Structures Mirrors origins Blog Hexagram 28 Dà Guò, across the great pass Gua Poem: Crossing the great pass: the ridgepole is sagging. ’. Leadership is a multiplier of individual effort. At its most powerful, it can raise mighty empires and corporations from nearly nothing. Pathfinder Hexagram 26 Influence The model of the moment: The time is ripe for the mapping out of new and substantial ventures. Hexagram number 30 is a sign of good things. Hook . Cleary (1): Constancy in virtue; this righteousness is. Going nowhere, coming back is fortunate, etc. Lines 2 and 5 specifically mention sacrifice: an important concept in the I Ching. Do not worry over what seems gone. I am reminded of Walden, Thoreau's place of solitude, yet two chapters are devoted to visitors -- 6. It combines the meanings lame, limping, hobbled, difficulties, poverty and suffering with the meanings straight, honest and frank. 28. To ‘take’ her means to seize, as one might seize a criminal, but in this usage it’s something like the old-fashioned English, ‘taking a woman in marriage. A great pressure is causing an imbalance that needs correction. It can delight and sustain with its gentleness, versatility, and beauty. Pursue only your original goals and destiny will lead you away from danger. 2. The two words of its name are equally important: Repeating also means rehearsing and learning: this is the classic. Free yourself from old entanglements. Hexagram 1 is so simple it’s tremendously hard to get to grips with. Action: Regenerate. Outer to Inner: The process transforms the Mediator trigram in the outer world of 43 into the Matchmaker trigram in the inner world of 44. Every encounter needs the decision to enter it or reject it, every decision to do it or not. The Pair 61:62 Opened Heart and Small Traverses is an Engine of Change that develops the inner peace to understand the significance of your life and the ability to craft its meaning into an enduring message for a new generation. Be alert. For everything you have missed, you have gained something else; and for everything you gain, you lose something else. Content in your power, you have no need to engage the obstacle. 4. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 36 Brightness Hiding: Reignite. The Superior Man reflects in his person the glory of heaven's virtue. All of life will not change you; it unfolds as a way to unmask you. g. Ritsema/Karcher: Shake, Growing. 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. Nine in the second place changes to hexagram 16. Hope is like a flower forced to grow without sunlight. Overcoming the obstacles will bring real success in the end. Hexagram 28 is named 大過 (dà guò), "Great Exceeding". This is a sign of prosperity, plenty and success. Hexagram 55 is unusual in that its name contains two meanings –. Spring (5): Rouse new growth. Being free of desires, you will discover that the empire is at peace of its own accord. The great image says: The marsh submerges the tree: Great excess. Liu:The Family. Favored as he is, however, by the general idea of the hexagram, and responding to his proper correlate in the fourth line, it is natural that he should make a movement. Lines 2 and 5 specifically mention sacrifice: an important concept in the I Ching. The hexagram describes a condition that has become unsustainable and is ripe for change. If you are not playing the host, you will discover that you are the guest. It shows men's minds alienated from correctness and sure to go on to disorder. The hexagram includes the ideas of both following others and being followed by others. Honest differences are often a sign of progress. Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit. – Chinese Proverb. HEXAGRAM NUMBER FIFTY-SIX – TRANSITION . In the course of trying to reach a goal or to fulfill an ambition, temporary obstacles will invariably present themselves. Six in the third place changes to hexagram 55. Continue your ways of honesty and sincerity, but also maintain caution, as the unexpected could rob you of your hard won gains. Hexagram 30 Li Clarity. This is the core of mysticism. Following, rather than leading, is. e. 7 -- Discipline -- 7 . "-- D. This a time to let go of people that cause trouble as you stay connected with those who support you. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 19 Approach: Advance. – Gloria AnzalduaCompulsion:1a. The course usually recommended for such times: Our nourishment depends on our own attitudes and actions, not those of others. Reading at a Glance: You are being sincere but may feel obstructed. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 39 Obstruction: Innovate. When working for the good of the group have a clear view of where you are all headed. (To ‘let things take their time’ is to let things go, to delay or slacken; the character shows trailing silk threads. – Chinese ProverbThe lines represent the evolution of the hexagram, from the bottom (young) to the top (old). Psychologically interpreted, a well symbolizes the continuously flowing unconscious psyche, the fountain of all awareness. If you can turn towards it and cooperate, it will be a prosperous time. Change with grace and elegance. Wu: Three would create doubts. ) Limping is a hexagram of uphill struggle. Perseverance despite the misjudgement of others is vital. Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character. Still, just as the well can be deepened to produce. You hold the power to become the master of your existence. Hexagram 28 • Excess • Ta Kuo; Hexagram 29 • The Abysmal Water • Kan; Hexagram 30 • The Clinging Fire • Li;. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 8 Union: Discover. This was the birth of cooperation among people. I can see hexagram 1 and 2, 63 and 64 as like a pair of bookends containing all life's experience between them. Help others by sharing what you have learned while delving into the well spring of your source of inspiration. The hexagram relates to personal power, that is power directly or indirectly under one’s own control. I Ching Hexagram 17 Sui (Following). Golden . I Ching Hexagram 41 Sun (Decrease). 3. 5. Pathfinder Hexagram 32 Consistency The model of the moment: All of us require a certain stability or integrity of character, else we could not complete the tasks we undertake, or. Pathfinder Hexagram 06 Conflict The model of the moment: Strife is unavoidable here. It is a pun on gui, ghost, the spirits of the newly dead whose breath is insidious and harmful. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 34 Great Power: Invigorate. how to use i ching - Google Search Hexagram 01 Cause Hexagram 02 Effect Hexagram 03 Breakthrough Hexagram 04 Learning Hexagram 05 Suspension Hexagram 06 Conflict. Other titles: Revolution(s), Transformation, Skinning, The Bridle, The Symbol of Change, Molting, Leather, Skin, Molt, Cut Off, Changing, Radical Change, Overthrowing Judgment . "-- D. Something is about to collapse. Extreme danger here. 9: Small Influences. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 48 The Well: Inspire. Help others by sharing what you have learned while delving into the well spring of your source of inspiration. The theme of the hexagram is the advance of men to offices in the state --. The Moving Lines. Summer (38): Ripen the fruits. At the core of true success lies unselfishness generosity and modesty. Though they will remain close enough to deal with problems and interests related to their original family, they are less likely to undertake. 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. Spread the word through inspiring words and images. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 39 Obstruction: Innovate. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 64 Before Completion: Prepare. Legge: At the top of the hexagram ornament has run its course and there is a return to pure white simplicity. Blissful tranquility is. Legge: Increase denotes advantage in every movement which shall be undertaken -- it will be advantageous even to cross the great. The trigram of wind may also reference an 'elder daughter' or the compass direction of 'southeast'. on I Ching Hexagram 28 Ta Kuo (Critical Mass) Action: Adjust Hu Gua (hidden influence) 1: Creative: Initiate Zong Gua (underlying cause) 27: Nourishing Vision: Nurture To follow the energy of life, you will discover that it is always seeking the best of what you might become. Lake is called the youngest daughter, and Mountain the youngest. The transformative process of the Pair 41:42 Diminishing and Augmenting inspires you to give up old patterns of aggression and need and open yourself to the blessing that results. Line 1. In the well there is a clear, cold spring from which one can drink. Action: Discern. Fall (35): Harvest the crop by applying your talents. When the operation is completed, a. It is of benefit to continue. Other titles: The Symbol of Addition, Gain, Augmenting, Help from Above, Benefit, Advantage, Profit, Expansion Judgment . Hexagram 61 Truth. Pathfinder Hexagram 28 Breaking Point The model of the moment: When large actions or great excesses dominate the news of the day, you can expect changes of unusually. Prosperity in both material possessions and inner peace is indicated. between husband and wife, so this figure treats of the continuous observance of their respective duties. Best to leave and take ones own direction alone. Pathfinder Hexagram 36 Censorship The model of the moment: Those in authority mute your voice and remove your influence in important matters. Trap! The Way. A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party: there is no battle unless there be two. Sudden and significant change. Hook. Six in the fifth place41: Decrease. Hexagram 53, Paintings and Prescriptions. 2. That two could accomplish more than one. HEXAGRAM NUMBER ELEVEN -- HARMONY. The mutual hexagram for #41, is hexagram 24, Return. Download for free – Explore the 30 day trial; Purchase full version – Restore editing and all those lovely search features after your 30 day trial ends. Pathfinder Hexagram 51 Shock The model of the moment: Preparation and respect for the greater forces of nature protects one from experiencing shock or suffering losses from its sudden, unexpected, and dazzling displays of power. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 1 Creative: Initiate. I feel completion in this fusion of the opposites. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 33 Retreat: Disengage. Though you feel held back, this is for your own good. Pathfinder Hexagram 10 Risk The model of the moment: When you must take a risk in the face of powerful and dangerous forces, the quality of your behavior is critical to your success, and sometimes to your very survival. The guidance of the I Ching will turn on and tune up your intuition. Hexagram 28 - Ta Kuo. This is a time to take a break, go on vacation or spend time alone. 27: Nourishment. Prospering. TO PURCHASE the new “Visionary I Ching” App go to the. All lines: Fruitful: everlasting divination. Hu Gua (hidden influence) 23 Split Apart: Regenerate. You know best. In Critical Mass four dynamic lines lurk inside of the hexagram, weakly contained at top and bottom by two magnetic lines. The course usually recommended for such times: Save your efforts for a more opportune time, child. Ponce -- Kabbalah. At the least, it can sometimes bring sorely needed help even to one who deserves it not. Voyager, there are no bridges; one builds them as one walks. 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. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me, an invincible summer. Hexagram #11: Earth over Heaven. Be clear and simple. This suggests a compulsive, unconscious drive, or an ill-considered impulse to act. 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. Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes thunder over a pool. The Superior Man knows that, to achieve an enduring end, he must be aware of his mistakes at the beginning. His being clothed in simple white crowns the lesson that ornament must be kept in a secondary place. I Ching Hexagram 53 Ji’an (Development). True endurance arises from love and enthusiasm rather than inflexible rules. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 41 Decrease: Evaluate. I express my highest creativity. These rules tend to limit the use of violence ( among other things ) exclusively to agencies of the government. Six in the third place changes to hexagram 50. Reliable . Winging it alone, wild and free in a sky of unlimited directions and opportunities, only leads to becoming lost. Energy levels favor the beginning of new ventures, or the solving of large problems. The Superior Man, acting from his profound knowledge of the words and conduct of the wise men of old, nourishes his virtue. This hexagram represents the presence of white within black, restoring yang within yin. Success comes when you achieve tranquility in disturbance. v. , an image of one who remains obtuse while surrounded by the light of illumination. 5. 5. Kǎn (Abyss) Action: Relinquish Hu Gua (hidden influence) 27: Nourishing Vision: Nurture. The writer of a great book or the composer of an inspiring piece of music also provide nourishment—to humanity. End discord by dispersing the group to reorganize and form a new one. Summer (9): Ripen the fruits by paying special. The theme of the hexagram is the advance of men to offices in the state --. The hexagram means falling in love. Erica Garvin What Is I Ching Hexagram 28 All About? Ta Kuo is the Chinese name of the I Ching Hexagram 28. And the still deeper secret of the secret: the land that is nowhere, that is your true home. Legge: The first line, magnetic, shows its subject proclaiming her pleasure and satisfaction. HEXAGRAM NUMBER TWELVE -- DIVORCEMENT. We sometimes get all of the information, but we refuse to get the message. In the contrast of the family, life reveals your deeper color. Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 28. It is referring to an item that is a carrier of cultural information, such as a medium of communication, a cultural artefact or an icon. Life’s natural friction is the force that shapes your individuality. Cleary (2):. If you wish advantage, or to assume the leadership of a group, lend your resources now to helping others. I Ching Hexagram 39 Jian (Obstruction). 4. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 51 Shocking: Arouse. Legge: Line five is dynamic in the central place of honor, and has a proper correlate in line two. Being in accord with the scheme of things removes all obstacles. Promote, explain, repeat and do not pull back. Legge: The hexagram of Expansion denotes a state of dissipation or dispersion. – Oliver Wendell Holmes. The possibilities are many. Search from your highest chakra with light in your eyes of a hungry tiger to find the right people who will help with sharing nourishment for all. I Ching Hexagram 14 Ta Yu (Great Possessing). Those who construct their own projections of what the future will bring, and invest heavily in related. Treat your partner the way you want to be treated in return. 62 -- Small Powers-- 62 . Instinct is the bubbling of Te excited by the prospect of your coming-to-be-real. Hexagram 40 is paired with and follows from 39, Limping or Difficulties: ‘Things cannot end with hardship, and so Release follows. Think about real goals and take a decisive stand for change. an act of compelling: a driving by force, power, pressure, or necessity. Male and female mix their seed, and all creatures take shape and are born. Nine in the Fourth Place changes to hexagram 53. 29 -- Danger --29 . Domination. Zong Gua (underlying cause) 45: Gathering Together: Network. Note that only the first and fifth lines of the figure depict a positive synthesis; the first one is minor, and in the case of line 5, union is attained only after much struggle. I Ching Hexagram 58 Tui (Joy). Being strong, superior, clever is not rewarded in this issue. [The arrangement of the component trigrams suggests glimpses of the sky among the peaks of the mountains. 2. Thunderbolt and earthquake. The Superior Man, acting from his profound knowledge of the words and conduct of the wise men of old, nourishes his virtue. 5. Li (Clarity) Action: Perceive. Limits are necessary to channel energy, guide purpose, and lend direction to life.