Hexagram 41 • Decrease • Sun

The Image of Mountain over Lake

The situations of Decrease and Increase are a cycle of giving and receiving.
When there is a decrease in one area of your life you gain in another.
One’s intuition becomes more acute when not focused on the physical.
You may even become psychic in the process.
Trust fate to bring you what you need.
If you have negative emotions use the power of detachment to let them go.
This takes effort. The sacrifice of decrease cultivates character.

Nine in the first place

Be mindful of how to leave a situation taking care that no harm comes to those left behind.
Help those in need. Be aware of other’s feelings in their time of decrease.
Be open to the unknown.

Nine in the first place changes to hexagram 4.
Paintings and Prescriptions hexagram 4.

Nine in the second place

Giving and receiving are balanced.
Serve others without diminishing your self.

Nine in the second place changes to hexagram 27.
Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 27.

Six in the third place

When three people travel together one will be forced to leave.
When going alone you will find a friend to join you.
The strongest relationships are between two people.

Six in the third place changes to hexagram 26.
Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 26.

Six in the fourth place

Meditate to help eliminate emotional or physical ailments.
You will find joy in attracting others when you work on your own negative issues.

Six in the fourth place changes to hexagram 38.
Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 38.

Six in the fifth place

“Someone does indeed increase him. Ten pairs of tortoises cannot oppose it. Supreme good fortune.”
— Wilhelm/Baynes

Shang dynasty inscribed tortoise

The oldest method of divination was by using tortoise shells which evolved into The Book of Changes. To receive 20 tortoise shells was a sign of fate, being blessed from a higher source.

Nothing can stop you with your plans. You will be showered with riches of the spirit and more than you can now imagine.

Six in the fifth place changes to hexagram 61.
Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 61.

Nine in the last place

Giving to others does not decrease one’s self.

Nine in the last place changes to hexagram 19.
Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 19.

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