posted June 23, 2023 07:09 AM            

King of Pentacles→Queen of Cups→Ace of Swords→Hierophant→Ace of Pentacles→Ace of Cup→Ace of Wands

(does he have a crush on me—matching the energy?)

Hexagram 11 UC

GUA 11, INTERPLAY
Tarot correspondence: Two of Pentacles

11.X, Overall Image
Heaven and earth interact
Interplay
Their heirs, accordingly,
Enrich and complete heaven’s and earth’s natures
Confirming and reciprocating heaven’s and earth’s proper order
And thus supporting and protecting the people

The high and low mingle, to conceive the new spring. The distinction between earth and heaven is blurred by the beings partaking of both. To set them apart in body or mind makes no sense. Heaven begins at our feet, even when we stand in deep pits. Earth ends at the tops of our heads, even when we stand on the high mountain tops. And perhaps it is better if these are not one, save in theory, if their coming together makes spring, and the overlap full of new life. Healing divisions, for the sake of the offspring to come, the wise ones encourage things split apart to come back together. Having the best of both worlds might be the only way to get the best out of either.

11.0 [UC] Interplay
Smallness departs, greatness arrives
Promise and fulfillment

posted June 24, 2023 03:55 AM            

GUA 6, CONTENTION
Tarot correspondence: Nine of Swords

Wilhelm/Baynes: Conflict. You are sincere and are being obstructed. A cautious halt halfway brings good fortune. Going through to the end brings misfortune. It furthers one to see 👁️ the great man. It does not further one to cross the great water.

Cleary (1): Contention; there is blockage of truth. Caution and moderation lead to good results, finality leads to bad results. It is beneficial to see a great person, not beneficial to cross a great river

Cleary (2): …Wariness within leads to good results, but ending up that way is unfortunate … etc.

Legge: The upper trigram of Strength here controls the lower trigram of Peril which is trying to attack it. Or it may also be seen as someone in a perilous situation contending with strong external forces. The image is of contention and strife. The sincere yang line in the middle of the trigram of Peril gives a character to the whole figure -- an individual so represented will be very cautious and have good fortune. But since contention is bad, even a sincere individual must fail if he pursues it to the bitter end.

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Cleary (1): Living on past virtues, rectitude in danger will turn out well … If you are upright in danger, the end will be auspicious. If you pursue political affairs, nothing will be accomplished.

Wu: Living by the traditional virtue and being correct and firm will bring good fortune in the end. Should he enter into public service, he does not expect recognition of his success.

Legge: The third line, magnetic, shows its subject keeping in the old place assigned for her support, and firmly correct. Perilous as the position is, there will be good fortune in the end. Should she perchance engage in the king's business, she will not claim the merit of achievement.

Here the line is magnetic in a dynamic place and thus unequal to the stress of the matter at hand. She withdraws from the arena, and even if forced into action she will stay safely in the background. "She keeps in the old place assigned for her support" literally means: "She eats her own virtue." That is, she nourishes herself on her own natural endowment and does not contend for more than that.

Wing: Keep a low profile. Stick to established methods and traditional virtues. Do not put yourself in a position of prominence whatever you imagine to gain in prestige. Material possessions and status mean nothing now. Only your inner worth will be of value to you.

If you want to be a good servant within the divine plan or salvation of the world, you must never forget that you do not live and work on your own strength. All power comes from God, and all powers you manifest come to you from your highest self — from God. Elisabeth Haich -- Initiation

A. Don't aspire beyond your proper place. Maintain a servant's humility and, though it may not be apparent now, your commitment to the Work will eventually bear fruit.

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There’s another woman in the (spiritual) picture. she shows up as Queen of Swords …a nasty [established yet compulsive] connection of debts (sorrow). going around in circles with, repeating cycles, again and again. My mom always likes to quote, “Insanity is to do the same thing over and over, expecting different results.”

posted June 24, 2023 06:09 AM            

Hex30;2

GUA 30, ARISING
Tarot correspondence: Six of Wands

30.X, Overall Image
The light appears twice
Arising
The mature human being, accordingly,
Is continuous in clarifying and illuminating
into the four directions
Flaming beauty consuming the present is mounted on flames consuming the past. Sunshine hides to rise again. It hides in the logs to flame again. It hides in the grass, in the salad, in the silos, in the cow, in the steak, and it flames up again as mind in the beings. The flame is not feeding on fuel, it is or was the fuel, sunlight mingled with water and wind. Now it’s transforming again. The sage consumes the light of his ancestors and his breakfast too. To honor what he consumes he ignites himself and lights up in all four dimensions, consuming the past and present and licking at tomorrow. Life is a fountain of well-informed light and spirit is how well it forms.

30.2,
Golden radiance
Most promising

30.2x Finding the middle path

The sunny disposition is not wrong about having it all, or about letting all of it go. Sunshine is not just a way to talk about life: life is sunshine reborn. Life is a light which has now found ways to light up even at night. The mind is a flame from the sky. Awareness is light which once was locked deep in the sun. So what, then, of the shadows and the darkness and doubt? Is there enough credibility here to scoff at the sunny one’s optimism? Or to say that a golden radiance has less than a beaming face value? Let us not talk about optimism: this wants to defend itself with denial. But talk instead about optimizing, how to make and take the most value from life. Light is what makes value: the sun’s gold is no different than light which bounces off treasure. Give it away: you never see the light that something keeps for itself.

The hexagram relates specifically to communications between things that are not unified by their act of communicating, so that qualities such as speed, brightness and clarity play a role in the communication. 30.2x The light of the midday sun illumines the deepest crevasse. Communication is crystal clear. Yellow sunlight -- sublime good fortune.

I, wisdom, am mistress of discretion, the inventor of lucidity of thought.
Good advice and sound judgment belong to me, Perception to me, strength to me.
Proverbs 8: 12

A. The image suggests a position of balance and lucidity. Full comprehension is implied.

posted June 25, 2023 05:26 AM            

Hex 4;1.5.6>60

GUA 04, INEXPERIENCE
Tarot correspondence: The Hermit (Inquiry)

04.X, Overall Image

At the foot of the mountain emerges a spring
Inexperience
The noble young one, accordingly, proceeds to fruition
by nourishing character

They gurgle and burble and babble at first. In time the small pits and pools will fill, questions are answered and needs are met. The fulfillment of first things comes first, and each new rim is a threshold, and then a moving on, over those mocking depths, under those frowning heights. The spring and the springtime of life is the watershed, the headwaters of a being. It is still too far away to begin to search for great streams, but not too far away to learn how to think of searching. The things that are lacking, the gaps in the understanding, the unmet primary needs, the why’s and why not’s, are what appetites are for. It’s the hunger, not the meal, that moves the youth along.

Inexperience:
At the foot of the mountain are hazards
(To be) at risk and yet remain still
(Shows) inexperience
Inexperience (is) fulfilled:
According to fulfillment’s conduct at the heart of the time
It is not I (who) seeks the young (and) inexperienced,
The young (and) inexperienced seek me:
The objectives (are) complementary
The first consultation informs:
According to the firmness within
The second (and) third (show) disrespect
Disrespect deserves no information:
Disrespect (shows) immaturity
Inexperience (is) the way to cultivate uprightness
(This is) a sacred task

…transforms to…

GUA 60, BOUNDARIES
Tarot correspondence: Seven of Cups

60.X, Overall Image

Over the pond there is water
Boundaries
The noble young one, accordingly,
regulates numbers and measures
and weighs the merits of action

Water spills over the dam and the bridge, too much to contain or control. Without a way to pass what we can’t use along, or to store more than a little bit extra, a flood like this could wash us away. So too with the things we desire, or our abundance of options to choose from, the feelings available to us: this could use a good channel, or places to go chosen wisely. This means measure and budget, proper restraint and proportion, ratios and rationality. But the artificial constraint which does no honor to natural law will not work: the water will find ways around it. Good boundaries are positive tastes, not restrictions. If choices are limited, the wise choose the best ones.

posted July 08, 2023 04:19 AM            

turns out his middle name is Leonard

posted July 14, 2023 10:11 AM            

“We are often among people who do not belong to our own sphere. In that case we must beware of being drawn into false intimacy through force of habit. Needless to say, this would have evil consequences. Maintaining sociability without intimacy is the only right attitude toward such people, because otherwise we should not be free to enter into relationship with people of our own kind later on" (Wilhelm)

08.3, Impasse

Joining with such inferior people
08.3x Joining with such inferior people:
Is this not sufficiently painful?

Belonging is done without effort, like going the watercourse way, and yet the need to belong is a powerful force: just look at any great river, roaring towards the sea. The needs for this area basic part of the being. Bonds of common blood , or even of simple circumstance, like being born in one kingdom instead of another, will wrap much of human existence up in one package. Then we want anything but the silence or vacuum , anything but the lonely and dark. But must the need to belong outweigh almost everything else? Does unconditional love mean having no standard at all? Does a fear to pass judgment mean life is an exercise in bad judgment? If equality is assumed, is this being equal to everything average and mean? Inferior peers apply pressure. Passive members can join the wrong flow, right down sewers and drains.

24.0, Returning
Fulfillment
Exit and enter without anxiety Companions arrive without fail
Turning around and returning is the way
The seventh day brings return
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go

posted July 25, 2023 08:20 AM            

First oracle:

‘Gradual progress. The woman marries. Good fortune.
Constancy bears fruit.’

Changing lines:
-Wild geese gradually progress to the rock.
Drinking and eating, feasting and feasting. Good fortune.’

and

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‘Wild geese gradually progress to the ancestral grave-mounds. The wife is not pregnant for three years.
In the end, nothing can prevent it. Good fortune.’

Second oracle:
‘Corruption. Creating success from the source.
Fruitful to cross the great river.
Before the seed day, three days. After the seed day, three days.’