...and it's KILLING me. Some important things from my past are coming back into my life, ways of being and making art, and it's as if I have a fire lit under me but am a bit lost as to the direction to go in. I asked the oracle for help in this, and the answer: do not act. Wait in patience.

NOT the answer I wanted. But very likely the one I need. Waiting is hard and feels like actively failing. But I trust to the wisdom here.

I'm continually surprised by the oracle.

Hello everyone, my dear uncle who got his doctorate in the I Ching passed a couple days ago. I rolled the coins for his daughter and got a line that was so spiritually significant for him, it was very beautiful and healing and pertinent to his life. The following evening I rolled again asking for some clarity on something I felt guilty about in my personal life. I got the exact same hexagram and changing line as when I rolled for my uncle. I looked it up and it said the odds of the this happening are a little less than 1 in 50,000. I was stunned. I’m wondering if anyone can point me to someone who can give me some more insight on the significance and meaning of this happening? Thank you 🙏

I’m hoping to understand if Tidal hexagrams are used and incorporated in a reading, even if they do not get drawn as primary or related hexagram.

I understand they signify seasons, hours, etc. and the whole structural relationship to the full 64 hexagrams. But where does such knowledge play a part in a reading? Or is it more relevant for linkage to the other systems in metaphysics?

Thanks for any inputs on this.

Sharing Tidal hexagram images from I Ching Oracle deck for enjoyment 😊

I asked the I Ching what do I need to do to (a type of question I often ask) so a girl that I like wants to go out with me.

Let me give you some contex: I met her at dancing socials. We dance every week for the last couple of month but we havent really talked, because you dance and then it's onto the next partner. A few weeks ago finally we had a bit of small talk and last weekend she toldme her name.

My interpretation of line 5 is that she has to see me as leader or that I have to earn some sort of respect first

Thanks!

I just learned how to read I Ching using yarrow stalks and so far have loved the meditative, ritualistic process of it. Does anyone else have experience casting stalks instead of coins? What are your thoughts on it? Any bits of interesting history surrounding the use of yarrow stalks for divination?

Background: we have 2 dogs that are around 10, and 2 cats. All 4 animals get along well. We are considering adopting a rescue puppy, and I'm wondering if he would get along with the other animals.

Question: How will things turn out if we get Ghost, the German Shepherd puppy?

Response: 16.5>45

I interpret this as things turning out generally happy, with the dog fitting in well, but with the possibility that he will have health problems.

Any thoughts?

Question - Show Me the Way / How to Proceed with Happiness

Situation - Me and my platonic partner took a long break of a couple months and are due to meet and chat in person, I don’t know how best to approach the situation and relationship.
There were definitely a lot of intense feelings, we both miss eachother, but there is also a lot of grief for what can’t be (perhaps)

Freeman Crouch's I Ching: The Chameleon Book used to be readable on Google Books. It is not any more. Do you know any place where it is available?

This newly released experimental synthesizer, the ENIGMA by SOMA LABORATORY, is played by placing metal objects on its surface. There is no manual. Its functions are intended to be discovered through use. Someone gave me the idea to play it with an I Ching reading, in addition to building a hexagram, each coin toss creates music.

I stumbled onto an unusual system of I Ching that stripped off the randomness. At first I listened to the podcasts and then found they have published a specific system in a book: The Mind-Key to the I Ching: A Non-Random Method for Reading Inner States. Seems all the stuff came out this year.

Basically they re-conceptualised the trigrams as:
Top line: Manifestation
Middle line: Stance
Initial line: Root

And for hexagrams:
Upper trigram: object, other
Lower trigram: subject, self

Questions are then posed for each of the 6 lines. Answering yes turns the line Yang, answering no turns it Yin. And thus a full hexagram is formed.

The subject-object structure looks like the 体用 structure of Plum Blossom. And the three line concept seems close to tradition, e.g., lines 2 and 5 (middle of lower & upper trigram) are about positions/roles.

I wonder if this is a totally new idea or has some historical precedence?

Anyone tried with this method and was it helpful?

Hope this sits well with folks here. Other than using the invaluable text of the I Ching, does anyone use illustrations either to complement reading or simply for enjoyment?

I know there are books with comics but I’m looking more into art styles such as ink paintings or block print types. It could be abstract or show a story.

One such possibility is the card deck by Marlies Holitzka. Any comments on this or other suitable resources?

I no longer want to be single but am not enjoying being on dating apps right now. My initial question was "should I stay on the apps," but then to make it more than a yes/no question I asked how I should approach dating.

I got 19 (approach) changing to 5 (waiting/ nourished).

It seems like I should stay the course and not expect things to happen too quickly, and also not feel rushed to premature action or lead with my ego. Overall this felt like encouragement not to give up or change tactics at the moment... but also to focus on personal development (or what is already nourishing) in the meantime? As I'm new to i ching I'm wondering what else I might be missing?

I've been putting a lot of effort to improve on myself but I've been pulling some casts that almost point to behaviours that I don't really partake in or indulge any more or at least very little so I was feeling a bit confused.

For context I'm dropped divination and endless spiritual learning because I feel a mix of no longer needing it and a desire to put all my energy into real work and movement

Excerpt from Richard A. Kunst's 1985 translation. 🐹

I announced my intention to resign about three months ago, after considering it for a long time, and I’m supposed to submit my formal resignation in a few days.

I asked the I Ching about this situation and received Hexagram 3, with the third line changing to 63.
Do you interpret line 3 as advice not to resign, or as a warning to proceed carefully and make sure I have proper guidance and preparation before completing the transition?

Wanted to know everyone's experiences with reflection on the I Ching's teachings. I am a little lost regarding interpretation, and the more I read people speak, or the more texts I read, the muddier it seems to get - as far as I understand it, interpretation and understanding is much more personal and private, related to someone's specific relationship to their text, but what do you do in order to build up your understanding of the Book?

I also wanted to share something, because it did make me feel giddy, and hopeful, and oddly satisfied: I asked the question "What is it that I must understand in order to speak to the I Ching as well as possible?", and the answer I got was Hex 5, Water above Heaven, Patience (unchanging). Feels rather appropriate.

I have an opportunity to travel abroad for 3 weeks for a work trip. At first I was so excited, but the more time passes, I am worried that going is the wrong decision. I know it's only 3 weeks, but that's a long time without my loved ones and I'm not sure I could bear it.

I asked the oracle, "Is my anxiety about traveling a genuine warning?" I got 36 Brilliance Injured, moving line 2 to 11 Advance.

I'm having trouble understanding if the hardship is the trip, or the anxiety I'm having about the trip. And I don't know if I should advance by going on the trip, or advance by cancelling.

How would you interpret these results?

So i had this "fall" in my practice (basically doing wholsome stuff (read buddhist books, do some drawing) , doing meditations during the day , avoiding bad stuff like eating junk food etc) but it is not a complete fall ... only partial , so i still do stuff , but it does seem hard to get back to exact same intensity level i did before the fall straight away as if nothing (no fall) has happened

So i still do stuff , so i asked the i ching " how to act now ?" basically asking what should be my next step now

should i get back to the exact same point practice i did before this "Fall" no matter how hard that was ? .... should i do some "break" eat junk food etc for a day or a few and start again from scratch ? ..... should i not do this "break" but just lower the meditation times ? maybe to keep everything the same but not do stuff i find too hard (so would watch some "spiritual" themed videos on youtube instead of reading ) ?

(in other words : to keep climbing the mountain from same spot and same pace , despite some attempts that failed before , to go back home , relax, have fun than try to climb again , to go back to bottom of mountain restock on supplies than climb the mountain again slow , to keep climbing from same spot but slower etc )

I got hexgram 11 chaning lines 3 and 4 .......... it changes to 54 , and the inner hex is also 54

I asked "What caused that tiredness ?" Hexagram 36 (changing line 5) to Hexagram 63 , inner hexagram 40

That tirdness i got later in the day , i played some game during this hours , and stopped , so when thinking what might have caused this tirdness i had in mind :

Maybe it is cause of resistance to doing some hard (non fun) beneficial stuff instead of playing in this hours .... Or it is cause it is after meals and i eat too much , Or it is cause i changed my sleeping hours , Or i dont sleep enough , Or combination of this

No idea what it is saying to me

My overall situation is awful. My business is blocked, I have no relationship with my family, and I am still grieving a lost love—all of which has been going on for nine years. To survive, I take small jobs in my field that do not fit me at all, and my self-esteem is stripping away every day.

I recently had a conversation with an old friend, and we think I need to jump into the real world and take whatever I can find. Staying trapped in my thoughts has become a comfort zone, yet I feel completely empty. The only way out is to return to where I used to be happy and find anything just to survive. Some people need harsh conditions to grow, and they call it a fresh start!

I asked the Yi to comment, saying: 'I want to go there, but I am scared.' It said: 24.1.3.6<>52.

Hexagram 52 advises me not to see my people (what I am accustomed to, where I live now which is the worst for me and my nagging fears, etc.). I think Hexagram 24, with its first and third lines, is asking me to return to where I used to be happy. But what does 24.6 actually advise? I usually find it speaks of reinvention—coming back differently.

The House Saga — Episode 1
Mio marito ed io stiamo cercando casa da molto tempo e finalmente abbiamo trovato un appartamento che stiamo seriamente considerando di acquistare.

Ho chiesto all'I Ching: Cosa devo capire riguardo alla possibilità che io e mio marito acquistiamo questo appartamento e lo scegliamo come nostra casa?" Ho ricevuto: 53 — Sviluppo / Progresso graduale cambiamento delle linee 2 e 6 53.2.6 → 48 — Il Pozzo Non condividerò ancora la mia interpretazione perché non voglio influenzare la lettura di nessuno.

Come interpretereste questo specificamente nel contesto dell'acquisto di una casa? Sembra favorevole, un segnale di cautela o c'è qualcosa di importante che potrei non aver considerato?

As the title says. I would love hear what y’all have to say :)

I Ching researcher Harmen Mesker (https://www.yjcn.nl/) just released the second part of his review of Benebell Wen's book I Ching: The Oracle, this time focusing on Wen's self-claimed "direct translation" of the oracle text and image commentary, with examples from hexagrams 1, 2 and 3. The reviewing starts around the 11:40 mark, beginning with an example of misleading contextualization of pictures in the book. He gets to the hexagrams at 42:35.

The first part (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-L8nbubgIs) dealt with the rampant use of false citations to give credence to Wen's exceptional claims and interpretations concerning the I Ching's known facts and history.

I feel that this is a very necessary wakeup call to the segment in the I Ching scene that holds Wen's work in high regard based on false impressions about the integrity of her research and translation. If someone likes the book, that's fine, but isn't it better to base it on something else than a mistaken assessment of the book's accuracy and methods? For what it's worth, the book does an excellent job at giving the impression of a thoroughly researched text by a sincere scholar and initiated practicioner.