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HEXAGRAM 11 OF 64 EARTH OVER HEAVEN

PEACE

泰 Tài

peace, harmony, prosperity, heaven and earth in union, a good season

ROASTIE

Peace. Earth over Heaven, the small departs, the great arrives. Prosperity, harmony, a good season. The nicest hexagram in the book, and you threw it, which means it's over. The good season is the one you're in right now, and you're spending it inside, asking a coffee bean whether it's good. Ya roasted!

THE JUDGMENT

The small departs and the great arrives. Good fortune and success.

THE LINES, BOTTOM TO TOP

  1. Line 1 Pull up one grass stem and others come with it by the roots; going forward brings good fortune.
  2. Line 2 Bear with the uncultivated, cross the river without a boat, do not neglect the distant, drop favoritism; walk the middle road.
  3. Line 3 No plain without a slope, no going without a return; firm through hardship, no mistake; do not fret, enjoy what you have.
  4. Line 4 Fluttering down, not boasting of wealth, together with the neighbors; without being warned, they are sincere.
  5. Line 5 King Yi gives his younger sister in marriage; blessing and great good fortune.
  6. Line 6 The city wall falls back into the moat; do not use the army; give orders in your own town; persisting brings regret.
THROW YOUR OWN ALL SIXTY-FOUR

Text: the I Ching, after James Legge's 1882 translation, public domain, trimmed into plain English. The take: a coffee bean, licensed in nothing.