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HEXAGRAM 59 OF 64 WIND OVER WATER

DISPERSION

渙 Huàn

dispersion, dissolving, melting the ice, scattering what divides, reunion through ritual

ROASTIE

Dispersion. Wind blowing across the Water, the ice melting, what divided people scattering. The book says the king goes to the temple, meaning get everyone back together after the thaw. Something rigid in your life is loosening and you haven't noticed, because you've been too busy looking for the thermostat. Ya roasted!

THE JUDGMENT

Success. The king goes to his ancestral temple. It profits to cross the great river; firmness profits.

THE LINES, BOTTOM TO TOP

  1. Line 1 He rescues with the strength of a horse; good fortune.
  2. Line 2 In the dispersion he hurries to his support; regret disappears.
  3. Line 3 He lets his own self-concern be dispersed for the sake of others; no regret.
  4. Line 4 He disperses his faction; great good fortune; dispersion then a gathering on the hill, beyond ordinary thinking.
  5. Line 5 Dispersing like sweat; great cries go out; the king's stores are dispersed; no mistake.
  6. Line 6 He disperses the blood and gets far from harm; he goes out, no mistake.
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.