Psychic Readings from The
Psychic Internet often feature images drawn from the
I Ching Oracle. To offer supplementary
information about these images for our clients,
and for the public, we have provided this archive
of brief articles.
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the I Ching Oracle, click here.
The
abstract images of the I Ching Oracle (usually
called "hexagrams") symbolize all of
the related and interacting aspects of reality.
In the following excerpts from actual Psychic Readings, the images of the I Ching
are discussed.
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of the images.
After Completion
These
ideas should be considered in light of the first
of the images that I have drawn for you from the
I Ching Oracle, the ancient Chinese classic that
is also known as the Book of Changes. This image,
After Completion, appears just before the last
image in the traditional sequence of 64 images
that comprise the entire oracle. And each image
in the sequence describes a different phase of a
vast cycle of experience and development that is
captured as a whole in the entire collection of
images. The I Ching describes a process that is
forever changing, always moving. And it describes
your situation, with respect to this question
about moving to another location, as something
that happens at the end of a cycle of
development.
Notice
that I referred to it as the image that comes
before the last image in the whole sequence. The
last image, the one that actually ends the cycle,
is usually called Before Completion, but I like
to call it “Transition,” because it
describes a situation that happens just in the
moment before a new cycle of development begins,
in the actual transition from the old to the new.
To be, as you are, in your situation, in a
condition of After Completion is NOT to be
actually ready to move on to the next chapter in
your life. You have not yet come to the point
characterized by the last image of the series,
the image of Transition. You see, in your
specific situation, you have yet to enjoy the
necessary spark of regeneration, the starter
signal that will send you out at the perfect time
and under the right circumstances.
I can
well understand your desire to move and to
structure your life on a different basis. You
evidently believe that your growth is stunted and
your happiness frustrated in your present
location, and I also sense that this is true.
But, at the same time, it is important for you to
exercise caution. It is not enough to be at the
end of a cycle of development. A new cycle of
development can only happen when the proper
moment arrives. Wait for the moment of transition
to happen naturally.
And the I
Ching Oracle reminds you that the beginning of a
new cycle is fraught with certain dangers. In the
words of a verse that has been highlighted
specifically by today’s Reading from the
image of After Completion, the oracle gives you
implicit advice of a very sharp nature. It says,
“The finest clothes turn to rags. Be careful
all day long.” And in the central verse
associated with this image, the oracle says,
“Thus the superior person takes thought of
misfortune and arms herself against it.”
One of
the obvious obstacles in your path involves your
need to find suitable employment in one or the
other of your proposed new locations. And it
would certainly be a misfortune not to have
suitable employment.
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