1 Great Dragon Leader > 43 Breakthrough < 1 The Creative
The Chinese character Qian is an image of a rising sun radiating its light and energy —chi and nourishing the whole world. The ancient Chinese ideograph of Qian, shown here, depicts a sun on the left side of the picture. Above the sun, there is a shoot of grass with two tiny leaves sprouting on the left and right. Underneath the sun, the root of the plant penetrates deeply into the ground. On the right side the chi disperses from the sun and spreads out under the sky. In Chinese, Qian The Initiating possesses the same sound as the word for health. It denotes health and vitality. In the process of the creation of the world, Qian ☰ took an active role as the initiator, providing the purest yang energy, the healthiest action, and the most powerful strength for Kun ☷, the Responding, to receive.
In the I Ching, King Wen placed Qian as the initial gua and Kun as the second. Qian represents Heaven, and Kun represents earth. It is worth mentioning that King Wen did not name the first gua Heaven; instead he named it Qian, Initiating. According to the ancient sage, Heaven refers to celestial bodies or, to the Chinese, the divine deity, the Heavenly elderly Father.
The purpose of the I Ching is not to expose the nature of the celestial bodies or the divine deities but to offer guidance for favorable action in one’s daily life and at the same time to avoid misconduct that invites misfortune. Thus, when Qian is named, its emphasis is upon function rather than an object.
Continuing our political-geopolitical series, this one is about Trump, specifically whether or not he will be a viable candidate in 2024. I am not sure from the result what the answer is except that whether he is or isn’t he will have cause for regret. Hexagram 1 is very powerful. And here we have Hexagram 1 as the Primary and Nuclear, with the Derived only having one changing line (worth the minimum 1 point in the Horden Math approach). 17 Yang lines, 1 Yin line. The situation is not balanced (or fair) but it IS powerful. It involves what until recently was the leading nation in the world order, now clearly foundering, with a potential Presidential candidate who, it has now been proven, has been unfairly and disgracefully treated with an unending stream of false accusations, twice leading to unjustified impeachment. Some of these false accusations are still outstanding: although increasingly obvious that the ‘insurrection’ on Jan 6th was mainly a staged LARP which sucked in enough genuine Trump supporters walking back after a disappointing speech, nevertheless the story remains that Trump is an irresponsible power-hungry dictator wanna-be who fomented a riot to overthrow the House of Congress, the most dangerous event in US history since its ghastly Civil War.
So his cause is just whether or not you like him. But the Yi here clearly states in the Changing Line commentary that ‘arrogant dragon will have cause to regret.’
If we depart from the text – which the attached Reading elected NOT to do – we could interpret it differently: if he goes to the Highest Court in the Land and speaks out (Lake above involves speech, and the changing line was in the top sphere) perhaps he will achieve a Breakthrough and a very powerful new dynamic (#1) will emerge.
Alternatively, we could interpret the ‘arrogant dragon’ as those – aka The Deep State – treating him unfairly. They may have cause to regret.
But if we stick with the classic text, it looks like that Trump, the individual in question, will be toppled.
I speculate in the Reading that, because of the powerful configuration indicated by all three hexagrams, even if he is toppled perhaps this will involve, or even trigger, a very creative process that could prove highly beneficial to the nation in the end.
We shall see…
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