Dec 08 21
Six of Pentacles
57. The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind)
26. The Taming Power of the Great
Petite Reading
This week we asked the oracle a specific question. The query is nuanced but has general import for anyone following this section:
Question: We like to think that we integrate the advice of the oracle quite earnestly and sincerely, but there seems always an arc to the process; the assimilation goes from excitement, to integration, to acclimation, and then ultimately to almost ground-water invisibility… When it gets to the “ground-water invisibility” phase the original counsel is obviously very hard to detect — has it lessened in its intensity or just been completely absorbed and applied? It appears that the only way to know what is happening is to re-up or take stock. Is there any advice regarding this process?
Answer: Ultimately, you are still not doing enough. Though you know that it is only through repetition and serious commitment that one learns anything, a weekly engagement is just not enough. Within each period, reread and monitor the findings of the oracle everyday to insure that its effects are evident. Do this in a spirit of light and clarity.
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the Six of Pentacles. This card points to an aspect of one’s life where there is a balance of security and wealth. When such a situation arises it should lead to charity. (Be generous about a surplus.)
Our first hexagram this week is #57, The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind). The image here is of the persistence of wind; that is, wind achieves its effects by ceaseless action (erosion, waves, the dispersal of clouds). The image is used as a metaphor for how to secure impact or sway: “one must have a clearly defined goal, for only when the penetrating influence works always in the same direction can the object be attained.” So, attainment comes from focused and repeated action. There were two changes this week, of which the specific notes are: strong decisiveness is better than wavering and a new method is needed, the old way has proved fruitless.
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #26, The Taming Power of the Great. Here it is said that only a “strong, clear-headed” person “honored by the ruler” can help to “hold firmly to great creative powers and store them up.” That is, a capable sage, rich with personality, is needed to organize information (creative power). It is recommended that for both the leader and appointed sage to keep their focus on “light and clarity” and persist in a “daily renewal of character. (It is only through such daily self–renewal that a person can continue at the height of their powers.”
This week we asked the oracle a specific question. The query is nuanced but has general import for anyone following this section:
Question: We like to think that we integrate the advice of the oracle quite earnestly and sincerely, but there seems always an arc to the process; the assimilation goes from excitement, to integration, to acclimation, and then ultimately to almost ground-water invisibility… When it gets to the “ground-water invisibility” phase the original counsel is obviously very hard to detect — has it lessened in its intensity or just been completely absorbed and applied? It appears that the only way to know what is happening is to re-up or take stock. Is there any advice regarding this process?
Answer: Ultimately, you are still not doing enough. Though you know that it is only through repetition and serious commitment that one learns anything, a weekly engagement is just not enough. Within each period, reread and monitor the findings of the oracle everyday to insure that its effects are evident. Do this in a spirit of light and clarity.
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the Six of Pentacles. This card points to an aspect of one’s life where there is a balance of security and wealth. When such a situation arises it should lead to charity. (Be generous about a surplus.)
Our first hexagram this week is #57, The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind). The image here is of the persistence of wind; that is, wind achieves its effects by ceaseless action (erosion, waves, the dispersal of clouds). The image is used as a metaphor for how to secure impact or sway: “one must have a clearly defined goal, for only when the penetrating influence works always in the same direction can the object be attained.” So, attainment comes from focused and repeated action. There were two changes this week, of which the specific notes are: strong decisiveness is better than wavering and a new method is needed, the old way has proved fruitless.
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #26, The Taming Power of the Great. Here it is said that only a “strong, clear-headed” person “honored by the ruler” can help to “hold firmly to great creative powers and store them up.” That is, a capable sage, rich with personality, is needed to organize information (creative power). It is recommended that for both the leader and appointed sage to keep their focus on “light and clarity” and persist in a “daily renewal of character. (It is only through such daily self–renewal that a person can continue at the height of their powers.”