Yi Jing, Oracle of the Moon

Kăn-Lí, Water-Fire

    

  When Kăn meets Lí, the days follow one another, the moon rises and sets, the endless cycle of life repeats itself over and over. Lí, the sun, brings life energy and makes beings conscious, Kăn brings the rain and teaches beings to survive.
  When things seem fixed but also keep changing, beings learn to adapt and take advantage of it. Not to despair when it's down, not to get complacent when it's up. To hope, but also to make an effort to make their hopes come true.
  This is life, with its struggles and joys, hopes and fears, success and misfortune.

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The initiative

    
The top line (Heaven-line) shows the change of the focus or initiative.
变上为巽,水气乘风,飘逸高远,类多润泽。
When the top line changes, trigram Water activates Wind.
The Qi of water penetrates the high blowing wind and makes it moist.

The subject

    
The bottom line (Earth-line) shows the change of the field or subject.
变初爻为兑, 水入泽中, 内塞不流, 终难远大,
  When the first line changes, Kan actives Dui. Water enters the Lake which is the source of the flow of water, but if it is plugged up the water cannot flow; completion is difficult and far away.

The outcome

    
The middle line (Man-line) shows the outcome.
  变中为坤, 水人地中, 防浸渗之乖・ 有壅塞不通之兆, 万事有始无终, 而无快变顺适之利。
   When the middle line changes Kan activates Kun. Water penetrates the earth which prevents it from seeping away. It is an omen of accumulation and obstruction; everything has a beginning but no end, there is no effortless and easy gain.

  

  The three helpers
  Each line, active or at rest, summons one of the 8 trigrams as a Helper.

  For an activated line: telling you what you need - or about a problem area or something to avoid.
  For a stationary line: this is what you already have or do or what you don't need. Often we just need a reminder of our abilities. Or it could be what you wish or fear - but will not happen.
  Active lines are the helpers to change things, they listen to intentions, which can come from you, surroundings, or fate. Stationary helpers are part of the core meaning, they are your soul talking, but they also see the impossibilities. They reinforce the overall power of a reading.

  Advice or help for the initiative: Xun, Wind, with her power to choose and influence.
  Advice or help for the subject: Dui, Lake, with her ability to resonate and persuade.
  Advice or help for the outcome: Kun, Earth, with her ability to nurture and concretize.
  But when things are not satisfying, it might be that one or more helpers don't help enough - or try too hard. Or maybe you don't listen carefully enough.