Feb 16 21
King of Wands (reversed)
40. Deliverance
51. The Arousing (Shock, Thunder)
Petite Reading
This period, forgive everything without qualification, keep a low profile and toward the end of the week perform an activity way outside of what is normal for you. And try not to think about any of it too much.
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the King of Wands, reversed. In the upright position the card indicates the presence of fiery ambition — reversed, the zeal becomes quixotic. Watch for a lack of realism (at worst hubris) as relates your goals this period.
Our first hexagram this week is #40, Deliverance. There were three changes in our hexagram, so perhaps forecast variation in mood or plot this period. To move forward setbacks and errors have to be forgiven. A light mood is encouraged in all serious matters. “However, when failings come to light, they do not dwell on them; they simply pass over mistakes, the unintentional transgressions, just as thunder dies away. They forgive misdeeds, the intentional transgressions, just as water washes everything clean.” Specific notes regarding the changes: “One recuperates in peace and keeps still.” “If one devotes themself wholeheartedly to the task of deliverance, they develop so much inner strength from their rectitude.” Basically, keep to yourself for awhile.
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #51, The Arousing (Shock, Thunder). The earth is a shocking place though it is only an actual shock that gets one to realize this. We, like most bodies, prefer rhythm to variance; repetition can be blinding to all outside that rhythm. Since one can’t count on encountering a random shock, perhaps put yourself in shock’s way this period — at the end of the week consider an activity squarely outside your comfort zone (psychedelics, a visit to a completely unknown place, contact a remote relation, pull the car over impulsively and walk away from that spot as far as you can, read a long book without stopping or talking, 🤷♀️).
This period, forgive everything without qualification, keep a low profile and toward the end of the week perform an activity way outside of what is normal for you. And try not to think about any of it too much.
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the King of Wands, reversed. In the upright position the card indicates the presence of fiery ambition — reversed, the zeal becomes quixotic. Watch for a lack of realism (at worst hubris) as relates your goals this period.
Our first hexagram this week is #40, Deliverance. There were three changes in our hexagram, so perhaps forecast variation in mood or plot this period. To move forward setbacks and errors have to be forgiven. A light mood is encouraged in all serious matters. “However, when failings come to light, they do not dwell on them; they simply pass over mistakes, the unintentional transgressions, just as thunder dies away. They forgive misdeeds, the intentional transgressions, just as water washes everything clean.” Specific notes regarding the changes: “One recuperates in peace and keeps still.” “If one devotes themself wholeheartedly to the task of deliverance, they develop so much inner strength from their rectitude.” Basically, keep to yourself for awhile.
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #51, The Arousing (Shock, Thunder). The earth is a shocking place though it is only an actual shock that gets one to realize this. We, like most bodies, prefer rhythm to variance; repetition can be blinding to all outside that rhythm. Since one can’t count on encountering a random shock, perhaps put yourself in shock’s way this period — at the end of the week consider an activity squarely outside your comfort zone (psychedelics, a visit to a completely unknown place, contact a remote relation, pull the car over impulsively and walk away from that spot as far as you can, read a long book without stopping or talking, 🤷♀️).