Visual Interpretation of I Ching Hexagrams: 'Stripping Away' & 'Increasing'

Original Prompt: Your reading Your reading resulted in the following hexagrams: changing to 23 42 Hexagram 23, Stripping Away Key Questions What has worn out? Is there a less painful way to let this go? What is underneath the surface? Oracle 'Stripping away. Fruitless to have a direction to go.' The surfaces are cut and sliced away; the old and unviable is stripped back to expose the living core. This inevitable, natural process often feels like a flaying: the more you have invested of yourself in these old things, the more painful it will be. It's no good, at such times, to imagine the future and make plans. You need to bring your energy back to the centre and honour the process: this is a time to be transformed, not to act. Moreover, until the old is so utterly stripped from you that you have no choice but to think in new ways, you will only be able to re-create the old patterns. Image 'Mountain rests on the earth: Stripping Away. The heights are generous, and there are tranquil homes below.' Sequence Stripping Away follows from Hexagram 22, Beauty: 'Involved in brightening the appearance; this means success will be truly exhausted, and so Stripping Away follows.' Pair Stripping Away forms a pair with Hexagram 24, Returning: 'Stripping away: rotten. Returning: turnaround.' Changing Lines Line 1 'Stripping away the bed by way of its supports. To disregard constancy: pitfall.' Line 5 'String of fish Through the favour of the palace people. Nothing that does not bear fruit.' Hexagram 42, Increasing Key Questions What would you do if you knew you were blessed? What if there were no limits? What could change for the better? Oracle 'Increasing, fruitful to have a direction to go. Fruitful to cross the great river.' The old Chinese character for Increasing shows a pot filled to overflowing. It means blessing and superabundance, like the timely rain that brings a rich harvest. Increase simply flows, without limit; there is no need for restrictive frameworks to contain it, but only for tools to work with it. When you are blessed, it is good to respond with purpose and movement: participating in the increase, pouring more in, you receive more in return. Let yourself imagine where you want to be, and take the first steps that commit you to going there. This is how to keep the momentum. Image 'Wind and thunder: Increasing. A noble one sees improvement, and so she changes. When there is excess, she corrects it.' Sequence

Model: Imagen 4

Created on 2/27/2024 Report

Updated on 8/7/2025