Validating Comments
When I started studying the I Ching, I promptly realized that the hexagrams were describing situations. The comments associated with each hexagram and line either give proper advice, or describe the situation and eventually predict its...
Can the I Ching predict the future?
The title itself of this blog post resumes the difficulty that we face. I could have chosen instead "Can I predict the future by using the I Ching?" or "Does the I Ching's oracle know the future?". This is a difficult question, because...
Interpreting multiple lines: the pivot method revisited
The pivot methodWhen obtaining a multiple lines reading, you can use one line or groupe of lines as a pivot and amend it with the remaining line (or alternatively take one line as pivot and amend it with the remaining line or group of...
What is purity?
43.3 (43 > 58)SituationOne drops the less important.
A promising methodology for interpreting multiple changing lines
While the interpretation of unchanging hexagrams and single changing line hexagrams, it has always been difficult to interpret multiple lines.Several methods have been suggested, which all gave mixed results. Sometimes they were...
Studying the I Ching with Anandamayi - Part 7: the spiral of criticism
8.3 (8 > 39)SituationOne has established relations with unpleasant people.One of the most dreaded lines of the I Ching is 8.3. In some comments it refers to wrong people (Wilhelm-Baynes), in others to non-people (Hilary Barrett) or...
Studying the I Ching with Anandamayi - Part 6: the empty basket
54.6 (54 > 38) Before I even started making Taoscopy's comments, I had some knowledge of the I Ching. Among the lines that I thought I was understanding very well is 54.6. The woman holds the basket, but there are no fruits in...
