May 28 24
Seven of Wands
9. The Taming Power of the Small
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.”: It seems the combination of boredom and overstimulation, though obvious, is still our strange/uncomfortable mounting societal situation. We certainly don’t believe in any sort authentic scenario of occupation— like there exists a dogmatic bedrock of behavioral ideal — but we are tired of being in a society performed by and bullied around by ever furthering corporate refinements and exaggerations of said boredom and overstimulation — for profit. The closest concept we have found to cling to, is trying to be nutritively-occupied/healthily-distracted in a project or what have you. Any advice to help get off of this corporately refining, noose-tightening, wholly shitty, merry-go-round?
The negative general forces you describe are indeed significant. Therefore it is unwise to try and overcome them with forceable gestures. You are simply going to have to maintain your nerve, as regards both your heart and head (courage and intellect). This will require “solitary self improvement.” But out of this self-aimed work, you will likely develop an ability to be “gentle and adaptable” — these qualities will aid in advancing against the dark forces.
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the Seven of Wands. Here we have a card of contention and strife. However, though signs point to you being outnumbered in your conflict, you are more valorous and intelligent than your foes. Thus, if you keep at it, with courage and intellect, you have a good chance of triumph.
There were no changes this week, therefore only one hexagram: 9, The Taming Power of the Small. It is a time when a weak and dark element keeps a strong positive (and usually dominant) element in check (immobility). The advice for changing the situation is thus: solitary self improvement, gently persuading the obstructing element to release and maintaining “firm determination within and gentleness and adaptability in external relations.”
Also: “The wind can indeed drive the clouds together in the sky; yet, being nothing but air, without solid body, it does not produce great or lasting effects. So also an individual, in times when they can produce no great effect in the outer world, can do nothing except refine the expression of their nature in small ways.”
- When there is contention, work to maintain your courage and intellect — in equal measure, if possible.
- Strive for “firm determination within and gentleness and adaptability in external relations.”
From “M.S.”: It seems the combination of boredom and overstimulation, though obvious, is still our strange/uncomfortable mounting societal situation. We certainly don’t believe in any sort authentic scenario of occupation— like there exists a dogmatic bedrock of behavioral ideal — but we are tired of being in a society performed by and bullied around by ever furthering corporate refinements and exaggerations of said boredom and overstimulation — for profit. The closest concept we have found to cling to, is trying to be nutritively-occupied/healthily-distracted in a project or what have you. Any advice to help get off of this corporately refining, noose-tightening, wholly shitty, merry-go-round?
The negative general forces you describe are indeed significant. Therefore it is unwise to try and overcome them with forceable gestures. You are simply going to have to maintain your nerve, as regards both your heart and head (courage and intellect). This will require “solitary self improvement.” But out of this self-aimed work, you will likely develop an ability to be “gentle and adaptable” — these qualities will aid in advancing against the dark forces.
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the Seven of Wands. Here we have a card of contention and strife. However, though signs point to you being outnumbered in your conflict, you are more valorous and intelligent than your foes. Thus, if you keep at it, with courage and intellect, you have a good chance of triumph.
There were no changes this week, therefore only one hexagram: 9, The Taming Power of the Small. It is a time when a weak and dark element keeps a strong positive (and usually dominant) element in check (immobility). The advice for changing the situation is thus: solitary self improvement, gently persuading the obstructing element to release and maintaining “firm determination within and gentleness and adaptability in external relations.”
Also: “The wind can indeed drive the clouds together in the sky; yet, being nothing but air, without solid body, it does not produce great or lasting effects. So also an individual, in times when they can produce no great effect in the outer world, can do nothing except refine the expression of their nature in small ways.”