Jun 15 21
Death (reversed)
10. Treading [Conduct]
57. The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind)
Petite Reading
We often think of fatigue as related to the expenditure of proactive energy: building, thinking, designing, exercising, etc. But the tiredness that results from being defensive or preemptive is greatest — there’s nothing to enjoy at the end of the labor. The ultimate defensiveness is fear of change. Maybe consider that change is inevitable but fearing it is not. Oh and have a goal; for better or worse we define our worlds. If you don’t give yourself a goal, your world is featureless — and that can make one pretty fearful. So, be flexible on the way to your goal.
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the Death card, reversed. In the tarot Death is a symbol for change and rebirth. When it occurs in this upturned aspect, it adds the characteristic of resistance. That is, there is suggestion that the querent is fearing or simply not accepting the inexorable reshaping and regeneration that comes with life.
Our first hexagram this week is #10, Treading (Conduct). It is not easy to know how to “conduct oneself” but here it suggests that knowing your own strengths and weaknesses as well as the powers and faults of the others in your sphere, is a good start. Behave without illusion or hubris — lead if it makes sense to lead; follow if it makes sense to follow. “Pleasant manners succeed even with irritable people.” There were three changes in our hexagram this week, of which the specific notes are: discourage arrogance in yourself, behave simply and keep moving “forward”.
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #57, Sun, The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind). Here we have a rich explanation of being affective. It is noted that to affect something you have to penetrate the surface otherwise there’s no real effect. “Penetration produces gradual and inconspicuous effects. It should be effected not by an act of violation but by influence that never lapses. Results of this kind are less striking to the eye than those won by surprise attack, but they are more enduring and more complete. If one would produce such effects, one must have a clearly defined goal, for only when the penetrating influence works always in the same direction can the object be attained.”
We often think of fatigue as related to the expenditure of proactive energy: building, thinking, designing, exercising, etc. But the tiredness that results from being defensive or preemptive is greatest — there’s nothing to enjoy at the end of the labor. The ultimate defensiveness is fear of change. Maybe consider that change is inevitable but fearing it is not. Oh and have a goal; for better or worse we define our worlds. If you don’t give yourself a goal, your world is featureless — and that can make one pretty fearful. So, be flexible on the way to your goal.
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the Death card, reversed. In the tarot Death is a symbol for change and rebirth. When it occurs in this upturned aspect, it adds the characteristic of resistance. That is, there is suggestion that the querent is fearing or simply not accepting the inexorable reshaping and regeneration that comes with life.
Our first hexagram this week is #10, Treading (Conduct). It is not easy to know how to “conduct oneself” but here it suggests that knowing your own strengths and weaknesses as well as the powers and faults of the others in your sphere, is a good start. Behave without illusion or hubris — lead if it makes sense to lead; follow if it makes sense to follow. “Pleasant manners succeed even with irritable people.” There were three changes in our hexagram this week, of which the specific notes are: discourage arrogance in yourself, behave simply and keep moving “forward”.
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #57, Sun, The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind). Here we have a rich explanation of being affective. It is noted that to affect something you have to penetrate the surface otherwise there’s no real effect. “Penetration produces gradual and inconspicuous effects. It should be effected not by an act of violation but by influence that never lapses. Results of this kind are less striking to the eye than those won by surprise attack, but they are more enduring and more complete. If one would produce such effects, one must have a clearly defined goal, for only when the penetrating influence works always in the same direction can the object be attained.”