I Ching, Yijing or Zhou Yi
"Oracle of the moon": © 2000 LiSe

  Yi Jing, Oracle of the Moon

Hexagram 19

Lín, Overseeing

Lin

Trigram Earth
Trigram Lake


Gua Poem:
Overseeing. Eminent - expansion
Harvest - divination
. Reaching the eighth moon there is a pitfall.

The great image says: Above marsh there is earth, overseeing. The noble one teaches and ponders inexhaustibly, he tolerates and protects the people without limits.

  Lín: the ideogram and the story (NEW). What does it mean for your question?
  This hexagram is complementary to hex.33.

  Top line: Generous overseeing. Auspicious. Without fault.
 You can think things big or small. Make them rise up or push them down. Things, situations, people and even your life, they are all as good as the size of your acceptance and generosity towards them.
(Changes to hex.41)  Mirror

  Line 5: Wise overseeing is the style of a great prince. Auspicious
 When you know how to near people, how close, what to accept and what not, how to stay yourself and let them be who they are, how to attract those of value and keep distance from the harmful ones – then you have the assets of being a leader or teacher.
  (Changes to hex.60)  Mirror

  Line 4: To the highest degree overseeing. Without fault.
 Everybody has to live his own life, so grant everyone his own Tao. His decisions, his way of life, his death. Acknowledge it as part of his being, do not withdraw and do not try to make it fit your own convictions 'for his own good'.
  (Changes to hex.54)   Mirror

  Line 3: Sweet overseeing. No direction bears fruit. Finish grieving it, avoid faults.
 Being responsible and being nice often exclude each other. Not always, but in some situations being nice will bring disaster. Make sure you make the right choice. And don't resent others who act in the interest of the whole and not in yours.
  (Changes to hex.11)    Mirror

  Line 2: With affection overseeing. Auspicious. Nothing that does not bear fruit.
 Help stays weak if one is not able to live free and strong oneself. Only who is an egoist in essential life values can be a true altruist. And don't give help where it is wasted. Help those who are able to use spiritual help or enough spirit to use material help in a positive way.
  (Changes to hex.24)  Mirror

  Initial line: With affection overseeing. divination auspicious.
 Every caring needs dedication. One action which is not right can mess up everything. One moment of forgetting can be a disaster. Leaving the baby a minute alone, forgetting a medicine, not noticing the papers near the fire, forgetting an appointment. The 'mouths' one looks after have to be a part of one's mind, always, every moment.
 (Changes to hex.07)  Mirror

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last update: 01.12.2020

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