Not a day goes by where I'm not closely observing birds. So that's why I'm glad our next hexagram has my most favorite of nature images: birds! We have three pet cockatiels and many birds visit our backyard throughout the…
One of the things I like about the I Ching, an ancient Chinese book of wisdom, is that the images all come from nature. There aren't references to mythology or complicated symbols. The Hexagram 53: Development (Gradual Progress) image is…
The obstacle is the way, as the Stoics say. It's good that we stilled ourselves, because now there is an obstacle to face. Such is the cadence of life. We have now arrived at the Hexagram 39: Obstacles section of…
Now that we are fully into Cancer season, it's the perfect time to think about keeping still. Hexagram 52: Keeping Still is associated with this section of Cancer.* I like how Hilary Barrett refers to this hexagram as "stilling," which…
Even a mountain can be brought back down to earth. That is the image of Hexagram 15 in the I Ching: the earth and mountain balancing each other out; the valleys are filling up and the mountains are wearing down.…