“Preponderance of the Great” (Hexagram 28 of the I Ching) is an elegant way of saying the stress is at a breaking point.
The current support systems are inadequate.
Or, to use the nature imagery of this hexagram, the lake is flooding the trees.
We can all think of times when we were flooded with demands and expectations.
Maybe you are in such a period right now.
It’s easy to get lost in all that.
Hilary Barrett’s translation says: “It is fruitful to have a direction to go, to reach out imaginatively and explore. Since things cannot hold up as they are, there must be movement.”
Or, as the Richard Wilhelm translation says, “It furthers one to have somewhere to go.”
This isn’t escapism or shirking responsibility.
Barret again: “So a noble one is not afraid to stand alone, nor is she depressed at leaving society behind. She is moved by an inner purpose, and not a product of her environment.”
During this next stretch of Scorpio it might be helpful to ponder:
Where are you overloaded?
What have you outgrown?
Do you have a direction to go?
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References:
I Ching: Walking Your Path, Creating Your Future by Hilary Barrett
I Ching or Book of Changes translated by Richard Wilhelm
