I Ching, Yijing or Zhou Yi
"Oracle of the moon": © 2000 LiSe
Yi Jing, Oracle of the Moon
Hexagram 02
2, the field
Gua Poem:
Field, eminent -
expansion Harvest - determination
of a mare.
The noble one proceeds probing. As pioneer he meets with confusion, in the rear he finds a
master.
Fruitful to find friends in the Southwest, to lose
friends in the Northeast.
A determination
about peace: auspicious
The great image says: The basic disposition
of Kun is female.
The noble one carries everything with great generosity.
Kun's main attribute: earth
The character kun is an image of a clod of earth and lightning or stretch. The clod of earth may indicate an earth altar. Lightning is also 'spirits', explain, the power of expression.
Kun is the field where everything exists. Not only matter, but also the energies which make matter possible. Heaven provides the laws of its structures, Earth provides the vibrations and the electric charge which fill them with energy. Together they create all, the whole wide world. The energy of the earth keeps all things consistent. When something changes, she brings it back in balance, in structure. Her energies feed all things.
If you receive Kun, as primary or related hexagram, then look at the situation. Inspect resources, helpers and space, if there are enough, or if they can be increased or if you can create or find new ones.
Ask yourself if you fit in, and if you affect it in a positive way. Are you nurturing and generous and accepting? Are you working toward concrete results, realistic and useful, and do you make good use of your resources?
There has to a good plan before you can accomplish anything durable.
Hex.2's contrast is hex.1 (when all lines change): action and time in contrast to matter and space. Hex.1 and 2 are complementary, one cannot exist without the other.
All lines: Fruitful: everlasting determination.
Dao is the field that supports and brings to life everything, all beings. Dao has no action at all of
its own, and that frees the way for
creation and energy. When everything is
receptivity, nothing stands between man and universe. If
man can merge with a thought, an action, an ideal, then nothing can
stop him.
(Hex.2's 1 Timing The ability to deal with time and timing)
Top line: Dragons struggle in the wild. Their blood is black and yellow.
Not accepting fate means one brings about a life full of difficulties. One does not only fight what happens, but more than anything else one fights oneself. Make clear choices: do or do not, there is no in between.
(Hex.2's 23 Stripping Get to the bottom of it and decide)
Line 5: Yellow skirt. Eminent auspiciousness.
No need to show who you are, it shows in what you do. The heart shines
through the outward appearance and actions. Who is strong does not need to raise his voice, a good ruler does not need to display his authority.
(Hex.2's 8 Stand by: Cooperation without coercion) Mirror
Line 4: Enclosed in a bag. Without fault, without praise.
You don't have to judge or choose about good and evil. It narrows the mind and
makes it unfit to follow the time. Earth does not choose, it gives
every being room for its own Dao. Silence is a powerful tool, it can heal both your heart and your relations.
(Hex.2's 16 Weaving Images: Share your dreams and inspire others) Mirror
Line 3: Harboring qualities
permits determination. If one follows king's affairs,
without achieving, he completes.
One's inner pattern decides what one accomplishes. Honor is of no
use, dedication does the job. Act as if it is for a king, not for
a goal: the value is in the doing.
(Hex.2's 15 Respect: Doing things the way they want to be done) Mirror
Line 2: Straight, square,
great. Without skills there is nothing that does not bear fruit.
Without doing, nothing not done. One accomplishes what one is or
lives, not what thinks to do. Greatness accomplishes great
things.
(Hex.2's 7 Leader: Natural discipline is being one with what you do) Mirror
Initial line: Treading on hoarfrost, hard ice is arriving.
Every thing and every time has its Dao. The earlier one sees its signs, the better one can act according to them - or retreat from harming ones. One’s
degree of sight and insight decides about the direction one’s life might take.
One's ability to act or withdraw timely decides if it actually will.
(Hex.2's 24 Recover The return to your soul should never be far away) Mirror