Teleidoscope

Wed, Dec 27, 2006

Gate 8: Already accomplished [I Ching 63](Twilight)

Posted at 10:37 pm MST to Net of Mirrors

Alternate Image A mechanical bird in a cage with a spring sticking out.

Interpretation When you stop, you die. You cannot have perfection, only growth or decay, so what looks like an ending or stopping place is preparation for the next stage.
Fire illuminating the abyss. Chaos and change always lie in wait.

Reversal Be careful of the flaws in supposed perfection, and wary of a search for stasis.

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Key 8 Flames: Fellowship with Men, Community, Sameness with People [I Ching 13] (Twilight)

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Alternate Image Dancers with very different costumes in a circle dance.

Interpretation Alliance with outsiders, not just close kin. Look for the commonalities, not the differences in people and things: all people laugh and weep.
The light supports the heavens. Understanding supports creativity.

Reversal Misunderstandings and divisions. Disruptions of alliances.

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Key 9 of Storms: Seeress in the Storm -- The Librarian (Bright)

Posted at 10:36 pm MST to Net of Mirrors

Alternate Image A woman holding a book or scroll stands beside a rack of other books or scrolls.

Interpretation The importance of Knowledge for its own sake. The Librarian: as a scholar she gathers knowledge, as a curator she preserves it.

Reversal Needed information is hidden or lost.

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