Today is the fall equinox, which is one of two days each year where the amount of light and darkness are in equal balance.
Hexagram 46 – Pushing Upward of the I Ching is our hexagram for the fall equinox and the first week of Libra season.
It seems a little oxymoronic to consider pushing upward during a time of the year where the amount of darkness is increasing here in the novrthern hemisphere. After all, during the chillier mornings, pushing the covers upward can seem like an accomplishment!
I attended an equinox fire circle tonight. We were given two sticks of wood – one was to set an intention for the next six months.
The other was for our own private prayer for Mother Earth.
Of course I couldn’t help but think of how hexagram 46 is comprised of both the wood trigram and the earth trigram.
I like how Alkoanand Diaz describes “pushing upward”: “Pushing upward doesn’t sound like there is a lot of effort involved, it’s not like pushing forward. Pushing upward is basically an aspiration, a yearning to realize the oneness of all things. It’s an elevation in consciousness because it’s the only way you can push up the consciousness – looking for meaning, for sense.”
It sounds like the right intention for this yin time of year;. There will be time enough to push forward in six months during Aries season.
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References:
The 64 Gates Through the Rave Mandela by Alokanand Diaz
*The 64 hexagrams of the I Ching, an ancient Chinese text, are arranged along the ecliptic (the celestial equator) in Human Design. In astrology there are 12 zodiac signs along the ecliptic, so there are 5.3 hexagrams per zodiac sign. I’m contemplating these hexagrams as a way to engage with astrology, the I Ching, and Jungian psychology.
