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48. Ching - The Well

          -- --
         -----     above     K'an   The Abysmal, Water
         -- --
         -----
         -----     below     Sun    The Gentle, Wind
         -- --

    The Judgement

         The Well. The town may be changed,
         But the well cannot be changed.
         It neither decreases nor increases.
         They come and go and draw from the well.
         If one gets down almost to the water
         And the rope does not go all the way,
         Or the jug breaks, it brings misfortune.

    The Image

         Water over wood: the image of the Well.
         Thus the superior man encourages the people at their work,
         And exhorts them to help one another.

    Changing Lines

         Changing yin at the bottom means:
         One does not drink the mud of the well.
         No animals come to an old well.

         Changing yang in the second place means:
         At the wellhole one shoots fishes.
         The jug is broken and leaks.

         Changing yang in the third place means:
         The well is cleaned, but no one drinks from it.
         This is my heart's sorrow,
         For one might draw from it.
         If the king were clear-minded,
         Good fortune might be enjoyed in common.

         Changing yin in the fourth place means:
         The well is being lined. No blame.

         Changing yang in the fifth place means:
         In the well there is a clear, cold spring
         From which one can drink.

         Changing yin at the top means:
         One draws from the well
         Without hindrance.
         It is dependable.
         Supreme good fortune.
   

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Cast Hexagram:

47 - Forty-Seven

K'un / Exhaustion

A Dead Sea, its Waters spent eons ago, more deadly than the desert surrounding it:
The Superior Person will stake his life and fortune on what he deeply believes.

Triumph belongs to those who endure.
Trial and tribulation can hone exceptional character to a razor edge that slices deftly through every challenge.
Action prevails where words will fail.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

This is the realm of the Shaman.
You have exhausted every alternative, spent yourself completely, taxed body and mind beyond your former limits.
Survival and salvation lie beyond your reach now.
Only transcendence to a new existence -- a higher plane of being -- will see you through.
The Old You is just a dry husk.
You can't return to it.
Metamorphosis is the only grace offered.
You can only return to your homeland as a New You.

Changing Lines:

Hexagram Forty-Seven/Line Two:

Chained to the banquet table, a prisoner of his own rich tastes.

He offers prayer and sacrifice for delivery from desire.
When even the desire to be delivered has been cleansed, his prayers will have been answered.

Transformed Hexagram:

18 - Eighteen

Ku / Repairing the Damage

Winds sweep through the Mountain valley:
The Superior Person sweeps away corruption and stagnation by stirring up the people and strengthening their spirit.

Supreme success.
Before crossing to the far shore, consider the move for three days.
After crossing, devote three days of hard labor to damage control.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

You are blessed with an opportunity to resuscitate that which others have abandoned as beyond repair.
This ruin wasn't caused by evil intention, but by indifference to decay.
Just by addressing yourself to the problem, you exhibit a new awareness, a fresh perspective.
This is a time of recovery, renewal, regeneration.