FALL EQUINOX I CHING READING As we move towards Yin in the northern hemisphere, it is harvest time. Reaping what was sown, we have success. Lung, large intestine, letting go. Transitioning. Warming as it cools. We can enjoy the fruits of our labor. This reading is about appreciating gains but maintaining balance, in a time when light and dark are equal, for eventually darkness prevails. Image: hag torches from mullein stalks dipped in beeswax and coated with herbs, frankincense, copal, flowers. For warming as it cools. For harvest celebrations and in-gathering. For lungs and for softness, and for approaching darkness with the aid of fire, the flame of awareness. 63 • Ji Ji • After Completion / Already Across • Above - Kan : Water • Below - Li • Fire Keywords: ferrying complete : after fording the stream : mission accomplished : everything in its place : consolidating gains : watching carefully : minding the kettle : auspicious at the beginning : disorder in the end Via Liu Ming: Jiji is about he continuity of change and questions the notion that it is possible to be truly finished or complete. When we start out, the goal is to cross a river, when we get to the other side of the river we realize that there is still more to do. The obvious end of efforts and the accomplishment of a goal, are, more often than not, the beginning of what must be done next. Everything is ending well but decline and disorder are inevitable. Do not hurry or press for completion. Jiji is cautionary. Do not imagine that change ever stops. Things do not come to an end. When you succeed, do not assume things are complete or finished. Via The Laws of Change by Jack M Balkin: Water over fire: This is the image of things After Completion. Thus the superior person Contemplates difficulties And guards against them in advance. Pay attention to details. Do not rest on your laurels. The lesson of this hexagram is that when things have reached completion, your work has only begun. #AutumnEquinox #FallEquinox #HagTorch #MulleinTorch https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci53MevPLZJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=