Divination: I Ching - Essay Example

Changing the Moving Lines into their oppositesResults from the table: Limitation (Chieh)According to the text, my main trigrams intersected to yield the value 17 that corresponds to Sui also referred to as the Following. According to the text, the top trigram is referred to as Tui, the Joyous, and denotes gladness. The lower trigram in my throw denotes Chen, also referred to as the Arousing, and has the attribute of movement (pantherwebworks.com, 2). When the two trigrams are joined together, they yield gladness in movement (following).

According to the text, the following is endowed with the utmost victory, perseverance promotes, and no blame. The opposite hexagram (Chieh) warns that one must not persevere in the face of vexing limitations. I wanted to know if this year will offer more good than bad, hence I believe that the divination holds that if I seek to serve on the side of good, then goodness will follow me however the reverse also holds true. The divination also holds that I should strive to overcome all limitations that may prevent me from achieving my following in order to succeed.

While I truly did enjoy this exercise, I believe divination is largely idealistic. The exercise did allow me to think more about my question and I believe that the answers that it provided were very helpful. I however would not depend on divinity to solve my large questions/decisions. As to the value, I truly believe that the practice offers temporary peace that can enable one to view their problems from a different angle.