The destinies of men are subject to immutable laws that must fulfill themselves. But man has it in his power to shape his fate, according as his behavior exposes him to the influence of benevolent or of destructive forces.
Perseverance is the most repeated counsel in the Book and the most misread. Wilhelm's word means correct and firm: not teeth gritted against resistance, but holding fast to your own grain until it emerges.
Every hexagram sits among eight or ten others — by trigram, by opposite, by shared theme. Move through the constellation and let one reading carry you to the next.
Explore the hexagramsForty-nine stalks, divided and counted away four at a time, six times over. The count takes as long as it takes — that is the part that does the work.
Cast the lines