How not to make an ass of yourself (by Yi)
Just another little personal reading story. Back on 2nd Feb, I ordered the latest Glyphius software from James Brausch. I wasn’t sure whether or not to go ahead and buy, but when I asked Yi about the...
View ArticleOpen book
Over the weekend, I found myself with a bit of a communication problem. The details aren’t important: I wanted to help and encourage someone to do something he was finding hard. I tried a few different...
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Yi on the Secret
Unless you’ve lived under a rock for the past few months, you’ve probably heard of the Secret, and maybe gathered that it’s a creatively-marketed way of presenting the ‘Law of Attraction’. The basic...
View ArticleThe message keeps coming through
Last weekend, I spent another few days clearing and sorting at Mum’s house, and once again found myself reminded of her huge productivity. I wrote about this once before: I’d asked Yi what Mum’s power...
View ArticleUpcoming redesign
I owe you a blog post, so I asked Yi what to write about. And the oracle suggests 39.3 changing to Hexagram 8: difficulty and turnaround through seeking union. This, I realised, was all about The...
View ArticleIn Retreat
I’m writing this perched awkwardly on the end of my bed, with the computer balanced on a lap tray. How come? Let me explain. My younger brother David has Down’s Syndrome, and since Mum died last summer...
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A hexagram 47 experience
An I Ching course customer who’s travelling abroad just emailed me this experience of his, and was kind enough to give me permission to share. It’s a very good example of how having Yi’s words in mind...
View ArticleAffirmations book sale ending
There’s just a day or so to go before the special Clarity-only two-thirds discount expires on Jennifer Shepherd’s Why Most Affirmations Fail, and The Four Building Blocks of Successful Affirmations....
View ArticleNot embroiled in conflict
Last Monday, at about noon UK time, I cast my reading for the week ahead. I received Hexagram 25, Not Entangled, changing in the first two lines to give Hexagram 6, Arguing. I’ve found that hexagram 25...
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Hexagram 63 and Change in prison
In a comment to my report on her work, Judy posted the reading from her first I Ching class for prisoners. I’m pasting her message and my response in here, so it’s on the front page for a while....
View ArticleEarth reading
After a week of ‘Nearing Earth’ (19.1.2 to 2, my personal reading for the week), I’m very happy to find this Samhain full moon reading from Peter at Fireraven tarot. He asked, ‘At this time, what is...
View ArticleOn the threshold of Progress
Here’s a wonderful reading I heard about and wanted to share. A client who’s working on my I Ching course had received Hexagram 35, line 1. In Stephen Karcher’s comments on the line, she found...
View ArticleBrain fetters (and hexagram 4)
My reading for this week is Hexagram 4, line 1: ‘Sending out the ignoramus, Fruitful to make use of punishing people, Fruitful to loosen fetters and shackles. Going on in this way is shameful.’ I think...
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Being the marrying maiden
Recent readings have given me a new application for Hexagram 54: the experience of relying on other people to work for me. The Marrying Maiden, poor little thing, moves into a world that’s several...
View ArticleWatching the tennis with Yi
… is so much more interesting than just watching the tennis. Today was the men’s final at the Wimbledon championships. Roger Federer had won for the past four years on the trot and was huge favourite...
View ArticleMeeting tigers
I was just looking through the latest from the Readings Panel at GreatVessel.com . The questioner asked how to deal with a difficult manager, and received Hexagram 10, Treading, moving to Hexagram 61,...
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Fear of divination?
I’ve become aware recently of an emotional pattern that makes people reluctant to try a reading with the I Ching. These are open-minded people, interested in spiritual growth and self-knowledge. So...
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Seeing my own life
Hexagram 20, line 5, has a cryptic brevity – ‘Seeing my own life. The noble one is without mistake.’ – and even more so when you consider that the sixth line differs from it by just one word: ‘Seeing...
View ArticleHexagram 23? Now what?
My personal ‘hexagram for the week’: 23, unchanging. Eek. Not so long ago, this wouldn’t have bothered me in the least. I know many people are nervous of the ‘bad’ hexagrams and anticipate disasters...
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Grasping the scale of an I Ching reading
One of the trickier aspects of interpreting an I Ching reading has to be working out what scale the oracle’s using. By which I mean, if it says ‘good fortune’, is that a lottery win or a pot of jam in...
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