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I am really intrigued by this statement on your history page.
“Why are you interested in that sexist book that talks about the superior man all the time?” I Ching developed as the Chinese language developed over three thousands years ago so that question was not something I could respond to in a sound bite.
I understand that the question may also be too much for a single blog post but I bet it would be a really intriguing series!
Bean,
I didn’t mean to take so long to get back to responding to your suggestion here. The subject of the sexism in the I Ching has to do, of course, with how old I Ching is, and the interpreters/translators being male. I agree with you that it could be an interesting series of discussions but I have my hands and mind full on what I’m doing with my work on this subject. I gladly invite the scholars of Chinese history and I Ching to comment.
Once, years ago, I was asked to give a talk with my images, at UC Berkeley on my I Ching Meditations. The males in the group, who were obviously very interested in I Ching, did not approve of what I was doing. And the females loved it.
Hi Adele
I love your images – they are incredible. In response (twice) to I Chings questions on my anxiety (I rarely ask the question twice, but each time I was so wrapped up in my fears I couldn’t resist getting some reassurance from the I Ching) and the answers were on the 1st time, Hexagram 2 with lines 2,3 and 5 and then 3 days later the same hexagram with moving lines 3,5 and 6. I am quite new to the I Ching and came across your website as I wanted more insight into these lines. Do you have any further thoughts on them? With many thanks, Victoria
Thanks Victoria,
I responded to your question in your previous post on Hexagram 2. I hope this was helpful. Check out Hexagram 2 responses. And thank you for your kind remarks on the images.
Dear Adele,
I am a piscean born on the 28th of feb 1979, my partner was born on 26th of feb 1976. We both are pisces, he’s 34 & I am 31. We have been in a long distance though very loving relationship for 5 long years, despite differences in our religions & our nationalities. We had thought we will overcome the cultural barriers with time. But unfortunately, things deteriorated post april this year, due to immense pressure from his family. The communication reduced, and after putting up a brave fight, my partner, started falling weak, and eventually under severe pressure gave into demands of his family and married someone from their community.
What hurts me the most, was he never faced me since, he didn’t even tell me he got married. In his last mail to me, he said he had no courage to look into my eyes or face me, but he loves me a lot and will never be able to love anyone else ever…..
….no matter how upset I am right now, I want to believe him, every word he’s uttered …. Believe me it was the most satiating bond, very fulfilling, I felt complete with him, and we could feel each other’s presence strongly despite the physical distance…. there were times, when I would be thinking of him, and the very next second I would receive his call…. it was something that I am unable to explain….. I really feel, very strongly, we ARE soulmates…..
I am devastated now, feel at severe loss, feel completely shakened from within…. I have all kinds of thought running in my mind… and sometimes I think if he even loved me all these years. I don’t want to believe that he didn’t. For I feel, he would have not waited this long, if he wanted to leave anyway.
I am completely at loss…. and am left with no sense to understand the situation….. I am very desperately trying to get some answers atleast…. I Ching is one such attempt to get some sense into everything that has come my way though I have no clue how it works….
My question, “Will ________- come back to me for good?”
The reading I received is,
Judgement Caption
02 K’un The Receptive
Judgement Text
The Receptive brings about sublime success,
Furthering through the perseverance of a mare.
If the superior man undertakes something and tries to lead,
He goes astray;
But if he follows, he finds guidance.
It is favorable to find friends in the west and south,
To forego friends in the east and north.
Quiet perseverance brings good fortune.
Image Text
The earth’s condition is receptive devotion.
Thus the superior man who has breadth of character
Carries the outer world.
Please help me understand this, give me some insight, and please let me know, if we have any chance of getting back together again… I really believed, he was my soulmate, and I am not able to believe, we will never see each other again in life…… please help! I really need some guidance…. God Bless….
Divya,
Did you have any changing lines for Hexagram 2?
Dear Adele, I barely understand this, this is the reading I got…. I tried it on a certain website…. I was asked to virtually toss coins for 6 times… and once I was done, this is everything that I had received…. Can we decipher anything at all from what we have on us right now?
……and again, thank you for being so prompt & for being so considerate…..
Much affection & Many Thanks,
Divya
Hello Adele
I haven’t heard from you in ages but am now getting alot of emails from your site in the last couple of days – have you changed something? I don’t mind it’s just different. Love Victoria
Hi Victoria,
No, I haven’t changed anything but am very behind on posting new images and new Hexagrams. I was working on my, “I Ching Record Book” which you can find on Amazon or PDF version here. I want to get back to the Hexagrams soon.
Thanks for asking.
XOX,
Adele
This is a question not a reply. Sorry.
looking for answer to the perplexing difference between I Ching numbers and visual hexagram, for example the six lines add up to a number that corresponds to a hexagram, but the visual hexagram does not match the numbers produced by the throws. The hexagram I got from my throws, adds up to 46, but no. 46 Sheng/Pushing Upward, looks totally different.
What piece of my understanding is missing?
Thanks so much.
Naively Zana
Hello Zana,
Thanks for posting. I’m afraid I don’t understand your question. Perhaps you are leaving something out. You said that the six lines add up to a hexagram but it doesn’t match the visual. This doesn’t make sense. Can you be more specific in your process. The throwing of the coins and then writing down the line you get is a straight forward process. Where, how does it not match?
Hoping to be of help – Adele
Hello,
I have only recently begun consulting the I Ching for wisdom and insight.
My question is about throwing the coins (I found the yarrow oracle to be too time consuming). Is there a difference of building the hexagram for a female. I believe traditionally that the hexagrams are built in ascending order (from the bottom up). I wondered that since instructions for throwing and building the hexagrams is masculine based if you have given any thought to whether or not the trigrams/hexagrams would be built differently for the feminine thrower? As in a descending order (from the top down), given the yin or opposite nature of the feminine from that of the yang/masculine nature?
Much thanks for your insight and consideration,
Michelle Hart
Thanks for your comment Michelle -
First: About using the yarrow stalks – I used to use that method but when I learned that the odds for receiving a yang or a yin line are not equal I decided to go back to the coin method. I enjoyed the meditative quality when using the stalks, but prefer there being an equal chance of yin to yang. Although I am told the yarrow stalks were the original method and some people prefer it for that reason.
As for throwing the coins for a female – I would definitely stick with the method of moving from bottom to top. This is the way the Chinese write in general, not just for the I Ching. There is a logic to it if you think about it. I have a suggestion for you just for the heck of trying it out. Write your lines both ways as an experiment and see if you learning anything. I always say, the I Ching is free. Enjoy it. Have fun with it.
wnat does `own reality “ mean in gua 60:3 ?
Chris,
I am assuming you re referring to Hexagram 60, “Limitation” – line 3. I don’t know what interpretation you are reading. In the Wilhelm version he says, “He who knows no limitation will have cause to lament.” I think (not knowing your reference) that the advice to “own reality” could apply to this interpretation although it is a bit more abstract. In my own, “I Ching Prescriptions” I suggested, for line 3, “Be aware of your own limits and work within those parameters. If you misjudge these limitations don’t blame anyone else on what happens.” That could be “owning reality.”
Does this help? Are we talking about the same thing?
Thanks for posting,
Adele