The I Ching in the Wisconsin heartland: an Independence Day message about adversity (hexagram 47)

During my morning walk yesterday, I paused in the park where the July 4th carnival was and wondered what Independence Day message the I Ching might have for us citizens of the USA to ponder. I cast a hexagram in…

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The I Ching in the Wisconsin heartland: maintaining inner steadiness as better times approach (hexagram 19, plus some birdies)

Yesterday, the day after the Summer Solstice, I grabbed one of my I Ching books and made my way to a Native American burial mound in a forest a few miles from my house. The I Ching is an ancient…

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