As we rapidly approach Sagittarius, the season with the least amount of light symbolically (and literally, here in the northern hemisphere) we have Hexagram 1: The Creative as our host for the next week.
This hexagram is a doubling of the Heaven trigram. Per Wilhelm’s translation, this creates the idea of duration and endurance: “[The sage] must make himself strong in every way, by consciously casting out all that is inferior and degrading. Thus he attains that tirelessness which depends upon consciously limiting the fields of his activity.”
This is in keeping with the fixed waters of Scorpio we are currently swimming in. Casting out all that is inferior and degrading, and limiting the field of activity, also reminds me of the introverted feeling function, which Michael Pierce associates with the heaven trigram, which also has Scorpio undertones:
“Fi is the made-up mind…Opinions are usually in conflict, so there is no room left for receptivity or compromise. Fi poses ideals and goals…drawing one on to greater heights (and depths). It is the expression of Man’s active hoping.“
Richard Rudd says about this hexagram that “Joy comes from numbness. The numbness is the kindling, our awareness is the breath fanning the first sparks and then the joy emerges as the fire catches.”
We all experience patches of numbness in our lives and “here we are just trusting the numbness, just being with it.” Rudd also says the foundation of creativity is “to be unafraid of making mistakes.”
The biggest astrological configuration beginning this week is Mars in Scorpio’s opposition to Uranus in Taurus. This is powerful and potent. Although it can be uncomfortable – at the collective level there could be sudden outbursts of violence and/or struggles for independence – it should be perfect on a personal level for breaking through any numbness. Making mistakes will be more likely.
Perhaps you can also work with the introverted feeling function in your personality type while doing this work.
If you have natal placements in Scorpio and/or Taurus – especially any of the big 3 – this should be especially impactful.
Where are you currently numb? Do you trust it? What kind of creative fire is going to emerge from that kindling?
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References:
The 64 Ways by Richard Rudd
I Ching or Book of Changes translated by Richard Wilhelm Motes and Beams by Michael Pierce
