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Note: this might be regarded as a controversial, even provocative, reading but at root this conflict IS a civil war and the perseverence of the woman IS the dominant Judgement of Hexagram 37 so attributing this to Mother Russia is hardly a stretch. This is a family quarrel on the international stage as well so let us hope that when it is over there are better relations for all involved. It seems unlikely now but we shall have to see how things play out. One thing is for sure: the way things were going with Ukraine shelling Donbass on a regular basis and about to actually invade again with US and NATO support cannot reasonably be expected to continue. Russia is putting her foot down. Leaving aside all the wartime propaganda, let us wait and see what the situation is like once the dust of the current conflict settles, hopefully sooner rather than later.
PS The nuclear trigrams were incorrectly placed; they should be Water below Fire above.
PS June 2 2022: on re-reading this it occurred to me that the Image can also be that of a tree or wood burning in a fire because of the Wood Above Fire Below trigram formation of Hexagram #37. A tree relates nicely to the notion of Family, as in family tree. So the family tree is burning in this civil war. In the broader context the family of nations is also at war with each other with some aligned with the US and NATO and others aligned with the emerging Eurasian axis led by Russia and China. And yet all nations are one extended human family and this war in Ukraine is a world wide civil war, the family of nations burning in the crucible of conflict. Hopefully it will purify obstacles and we will end up stronger from it. But war is a desperate measure in which many young lives are prematurely lost. So this is an unsettling image though it does fit the current situation, and I think it is a better Image than the one initially published. So a revision of that might read:
IMAGE: The World Family Tree burning in Cauldron of War.
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