An empty lake is the image of oppression for Hexagram 47 of the I Ching. The other image for this hexagram is of trees growing in a tight space and being unable to spread their branches. This symbolizes those times…
One of the things I've learned in the second half of life is that time is circular, not linear. This has been a lesson of astrology. There are planetary cycles that repeat at certain intervals. For example, Jupiter spends approximately…
Once again we see thunder associated with harmony, like we did back in Gemini season. And once again I find that a little oxymoronic, given that I find thunder always a little jarring, probably due to my inferior sensation function.…
So here we are, the first day of Virgo season, and Hexagram 59: Dispersion/Dissolution recommends that we become less rigid by having a religious type of awe: Through hardness and selfishness the heart grows rigid, and this rigidity leads to…
Five years ago this month I got to experience what it is like to be caught unexpectedly in a flood. I was driving my daughter to her viola lesson on a sunny day and just as we exited the highway…