Feb 22 22
Six of Swords (reversed)
14. Possession in Great Measure
26. The Taming Power of the Great
When thinking of bravery it is big or dramatic situations that usually come to mind: speaking in front of an audience, asking someone on a date, standing up to a noisily inconsiderate neighbor, etc. But lately we have been thinking it is daily bravery that may be most important. Our journeys to our goals are incremental and thus need incremental courage (bravery on tap). This week we asked the oracle what is the best advice for promoting this more quotidian fearlessness.
Since we perceive all things in sameness or difference it is often familiarity that holds us back — a lack of imagination. Courage starts with readying for newness. Failing to be the person you expected yourself to be, will only arrest your development. Don’t be petty in your view of yourself; be generous with the options as to who you can be. When your imagination fails it helps to have outside examples of fortitude and determination (models of conduct). Therefore it is wise to read and take in great books (daily) as this is where people of the past generously and incrementally put their courage.
Remember, we have all been preceded by better minds in worse circumstances, we are all performed by what we know and, as always, follow the light!!
This week we pulled the Six of Swords reversed. When upright the card is a symbol of moving on. When up ended as it is here, there is an indication of being trapped in the past; think of an unhappy ghost caught in a loop. The only choice for a trapped and recursive spirit is to release the baggage that is keeping it from moving towards light. Unclench! Release! Let go!
Our first hexagram this week is #14, Possession in Great Measure. “All things come to the person who is modest and kind in a high position.” Such a person fosters “strength within” and “clarity and culture without.” Their power is “graceful” and “controlled.” To be in control of a team or the various parts of self, one has to be completely dedicated to the good of that team or selves; to lead one has to be a model and shaper of conduct. There was one change this week of which the specific note is: the petty don’t share, generosity is king.
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #26, The Taming Power of the Great. To develop as a person of “light and clarity” one must participate in a “daily renewal of character. Only through daily self–renewal can a person continue at the height of their powers.” It is suggested that the heart of this daily renewal lies “in the words and deeds of the past… a treasure that people may use to strengthen and elevate their own characters.” However “the way to study the past is not to confine oneself to mere knowledge of history but, through application of this knowledge, to give actuality to the past.”
Since we perceive all things in sameness or difference it is often familiarity that holds us back — a lack of imagination. Courage starts with readying for newness. Failing to be the person you expected yourself to be, will only arrest your development. Don’t be petty in your view of yourself; be generous with the options as to who you can be. When your imagination fails it helps to have outside examples of fortitude and determination (models of conduct). Therefore it is wise to read and take in great books (daily) as this is where people of the past generously and incrementally put their courage.
Remember, we have all been preceded by better minds in worse circumstances, we are all performed by what we know and, as always, follow the light!!
This week we pulled the Six of Swords reversed. When upright the card is a symbol of moving on. When up ended as it is here, there is an indication of being trapped in the past; think of an unhappy ghost caught in a loop. The only choice for a trapped and recursive spirit is to release the baggage that is keeping it from moving towards light. Unclench! Release! Let go!
Our first hexagram this week is #14, Possession in Great Measure. “All things come to the person who is modest and kind in a high position.” Such a person fosters “strength within” and “clarity and culture without.” Their power is “graceful” and “controlled.” To be in control of a team or the various parts of self, one has to be completely dedicated to the good of that team or selves; to lead one has to be a model and shaper of conduct. There was one change this week of which the specific note is: the petty don’t share, generosity is king.
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #26, The Taming Power of the Great. To develop as a person of “light and clarity” one must participate in a “daily renewal of character. Only through daily self–renewal can a person continue at the height of their powers.” It is suggested that the heart of this daily renewal lies “in the words and deeds of the past… a treasure that people may use to strengthen and elevate their own characters.” However “the way to study the past is not to confine oneself to mere knowledge of history but, through application of this knowledge, to give actuality to the past.”