08/14/2025
What do you wish to share with my audience?
Hexagram 7 unchanging
Action: Correct Discipline
Hu Gua (hidden influence) 24 Return: Go Back
Zong Gua (underlying cause) 13 Fellowship: Socialize
To know fulfillment,
nourish what is for the belly and not the eye.
If you do not stand for something, you will fall for anything. –Chinese Proverb
Build cohesiveness, instruct people, mobilize energy and take the lead. Inspire your family. Gain their support. Beware of inept strategy and poor coordination. Make efficient and economic use of resources in an atmosphere of trust and confidence.
The Image�The old character shows a pivot or banner used to give signals to the army and many paths joining on the way to the Earth Altar where war is announced.
�Circle of Meanings�Armies, soldiers, leaders, sages and martial masters; educate, order, discipline, make functional, lead; mobilize, take action; applied force.
Heart Theme: 24 Return of the spirit.
The Situation: An established family system confronting a major challenge.
Caring for Others: The situation requires clear goals, tight organization, clearly defined strategy and real solidarity. The key to success is working as a cohesive group. Concentrate on how you present things and persuade others. Use the resources within the family to support this undertaking. Coordinate efforts and set limits. Cultivate enthusiasm and a caring attitude.
Setting Intentions: Focus all support and attention on those who work with people outside the family group. All decisions must be unanimous and strategically planned.
Communication and Interaction: Encourage a free flow of up to date information that is integrated at all levels. Support to those working with outsiders must be sincere, immediate and based on facts.
Change from the Inside Out: Use your best assets, identify goals with care. No secrets. Explain tactics and motivate all. If people are motivated by real enthusiasm they will attract positive situations and earn respect and recognition.
• Immediate Future: a decisive moment is coming.
• Personal Development: organize your inner world to take effective action.
• Working within the Family: clear what stops people from focusing on real issues.
• Expanding the Circle: recognize creativity and cultivate enthusiasm.
• Partnership: get organized. Face issues of leading and following
Unchanging:
In between conflict and union = a time of either peace or battles. Shih unchanging can show a stagnant situation stuck between the principle of (6) Conflict and (8) Union. Before the situation can move forward it might require more definition in terms of what it is really about and can show a self protective stance. Shih is also a message about not becoming obsessive about discipline. For example someone on a diet may place so much stress around not eating that the diet backfires from anxious overeating. It can be a message asking you to get organized or learn to delegate before you burn out. As an image of an Army, similar to the Chariot in Tarot, it can show a mindset of battle about your object of enquiry. Even in relationships, you can pursue for the thrill of the chase, rather than explore whether or not the person is right for you. The difference between discipline and control is the focus on the self vs. others. Discipline is an agreement about mutual growth where control can just lead to battles. Your tenacity is impressive, but it may not lead to any tangible results because another is immovable.
