Feb 06 24
Eight of Wands
1. The Creative
These first few lines are the general aphoristic returns for the week. They are raw and uninterpreted; there to use how you’d like. (The specific readings follow.)
From “M.S.”: What to do if you are subtle in an unsubtle world? (This is not a self-compliment, but a true dilemma.)
If ever there was a good reading, this is it.
The efforts of your creativity are on their way towards reaching their intention. You need do nothing else but stay with your impulse to create.
As well, the world is not entirely unsubtle. Those fine of filter and delicate of deployment may neither be dominant nor in any sort of majority, but your peers are out there. It is for yourself and them that you must toil.
Also of note, you have quite a powerful combination here in the numbers of “1” and “8” — the first intimating the solar and the life-giving, the second intimating infinity and a harmonious accord between the macro and micro.
Forgive the possible triteness, but stay the course!
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the Eight of Wands. The image is of eight flying sticks; they are downward facing, indicating they’re somewhere in the second half of their journey. An effort is reaching its goal.
Our first and only hexagram this week is #1, The Creative. The appearance of this hexagram should be met with excitement. It is perhaps the ultimate statement of the I Ching. “These unbroken lines stand for the primal power, which is light-giving, active, strong, and of the spirit.” “Sublime.” “Success.” “Furthering.” “Perseverance.” “With this image as a model, the sage learns how best to develop themself so that their influence may endure. They must make themself strong in every way, by consciously casting out all that is inferior and degrading. Thus they attain that tirelessness which depends upon consciously limiting the fields of their activity.”
- An effort is reaching its goal.
- Foreground the creative above all else.
- Cast out all that is inferior and degrading.
From “M.S.”: What to do if you are subtle in an unsubtle world? (This is not a self-compliment, but a true dilemma.)
If ever there was a good reading, this is it.
The efforts of your creativity are on their way towards reaching their intention. You need do nothing else but stay with your impulse to create.
As well, the world is not entirely unsubtle. Those fine of filter and delicate of deployment may neither be dominant nor in any sort of majority, but your peers are out there. It is for yourself and them that you must toil.
Also of note, you have quite a powerful combination here in the numbers of “1” and “8” — the first intimating the solar and the life-giving, the second intimating infinity and a harmonious accord between the macro and micro.
Forgive the possible triteness, but stay the course!
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the Eight of Wands. The image is of eight flying sticks; they are downward facing, indicating they’re somewhere in the second half of their journey. An effort is reaching its goal.
Our first and only hexagram this week is #1, The Creative. The appearance of this hexagram should be met with excitement. It is perhaps the ultimate statement of the I Ching. “These unbroken lines stand for the primal power, which is light-giving, active, strong, and of the spirit.” “Sublime.” “Success.” “Furthering.” “Perseverance.” “With this image as a model, the sage learns how best to develop themself so that their influence may endure. They must make themself strong in every way, by consciously casting out all that is inferior and degrading. Thus they attain that tirelessness which depends upon consciously limiting the fields of their activity.”