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HEXAGRAM 26 OF 64 MOUNTAIN OVER HEAVEN

THE TAMING POWER OF THE GREAT

大畜 Dà Chù

great restraint, stored strength, holding firm, learning from the past, release

ROASTIE

The Taming Power of the Great. Heaven held still under a Mountain, stored strength, firm restraint. The book says don't eat at home, go out and cross the river. You have the stored strength of a man who has been "about to" since the last administration. All that power, tamed, sitting on the couch, like a bull that pays rent. Ya roasted!

THE JUDGMENT

Firmness profits. Not eating at home brings good fortune. Cross the great river.

THE LINES, BOTTOM TO TOP

  1. Line 1 Danger lies ahead; it is best to stop and wait.
  2. Line 2 The strap is taken off the carriage wheel; it cannot move.
  3. Line 3 A good horse chasing another; firmness through hardship profits; practice chariot and defense daily; good to have somewhere to go.
  4. Line 4 A board on the horns of the young bull; great good fortune.
  5. Line 5 The tusks of a gelded boar, dangerous no longer; good fortune.
  6. Line 6 He has the open road of heaven before him; success.
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.