HEXAGRAM 27 OF 64 MOUNTAIN OVER THUNDER

NOURISHMENT

頤 Yí

nourishment, the corners of the mouth, what feeds you, self-care, measured speech

ROASTIE

Nourishment. The corners of the mouth, Thunder under a Mountain. The book says watch what a person feeds themselves and how they fill their own mouth. It has watched you. It has seen the cereal at nine at night and the podcast about discipline. You are nourishing a version of yourself that will never show up. Ya roasted!

THE JUDGMENT

Firmness brings good fortune. Watch what a person nourishes and how he seeks to fill his own mouth.

THE LINES, BOTTOM TO TOP

Line 1 You let go your own magic tortoise and look at me with drooping jaw; misfortune.
Line 2 Seeking nourishment upside down, from the hilltop; going on this way brings misfortune.
Line 3 Nourishment against all good sense; persisting brings misfortune; for ten years do not act, nothing profits.
Line 4 Seeking nourishment from below, good fortune; glaring like a tiger ready to spring; no mistake.
Line 5 Going against the rule of nourishment; stay firm and there is good fortune; do not cross the great river.
Line 6 The source from which all are nourished; danger, but good fortune; cross the great river.

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.