*I CHING* Oracle - 64 Card Divination Deck -Lo Scarabeo

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The Book of Changes, I Ching, composed of 64 hexagrams each of which includes a judgement, is an ancient Chinese text considered the best source for Eastern philosophy and wisdom. Tradition attributes the conception of an initial text to Emperor Fu Xi who lived during the third millennium before the Christian era. Much later, in 1150 BC ca., King Wen and his son developed this text. During the 5th century BC, Confucius wrote the comments, making it public. This is how it became recognised as one of the five Confucian classics and was called I Ching or the Book of Changes.

In Eastern and Western tradition, the universe follows the law of dualism, or rather, everything has within itself its own opposite, thus causing the cosmic dynamism of death and rebirth, the passive and the active. In the East, that which is active is called Yang, and its opposite, passive, is called Yin. The cosmic law which governs them is the law of continuous change which is called Tao, the most profound and vastest symbol of the Chinese culture, considered the harmony of everything: that is, the Road to Illumination. Tao is therefore the Road which encourages man to understand and accept nature and its laws in order to become one with it.

During divining, the 64 I Ching responses will always provide pertinent answers, suggesting how to behave in various situations or before making a decision. The response will help between one decision and another regarding love, profession, or what to do in the future. Each card of the book of I Ching bears the hexagram and number corresponding to the original I Ching text, whereas each response in cursive points out the judgement's primary meaning.

I Ching Oracle

By Isa Donelli

Divination Deck - 64 Cards - Published by Lo Scarabeo

The Chinese I Ching is one of the world's oldest systems of wisdom, advice and divination. Based on 64 Hexagrams (geometric designs), the I Ching is traditionally consulted using 50 stalks of dried yarrow or three oriental coins. By throwing these a hexagram picture is formed and reference to the book of changes can tell you the situation you are in and also the natural changes that could occur. Traditionally the inquirer would face south, prostrate himself, and then pass the coins or sticks over an incense stick while mentally pondering a question. This new pack of 64 cards simplifies the process and instead of a complicated ritual involving yarrow stalks or coins, you simply select a card from the pack. Each card represents a different Hexagram. However, instead of showing the actual geometric Hexagrams, the artist illustrates each card with a muted, but thought-provoking picture, which describes some of the qualities of each Hexagram. For example, No. 6 entitled Live Dangerously, shows a man balanced precariously on the noses of two large sharks. Having chosen a card and contemplated the picture, the booklet is then consulted. This quotes a short 'sentence' about the card, followed by a detailed 'commentary' which expands on the theme of the 'sentence'. These cards are ideal for anyone who wishes to consult a simplified, but interesting, version of the I Ching.

The I Ching, or book of changes, sees life as ever changing and evolving. The I Ching has inspired many Chinese philosophers, including Confucius, who is credited with saying, "If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the I Ching, and might escape falling into great errors".

The I Ching is an ancient Chinese oracle: its name means Book of Changes. Change is the only constant, in your outer and inner experience alike. The I Ching offers ways of changing your own life, and of understanding and moving with the changes around you.

I Ching divination lets you move and flow with the nature of the time, not struggling against the current.

How the I Ching can help:
Perhaps you just need a quick answer to a straight question, like "What does this job have to offer me?"

Or maybe you feel it's time to explore many sides of a complex issue, like "Where does this relationship go from here? (And what can I do to keep it alive?)"

The answers from the I Ching give you the opportunity to reach a deeper understanding and work out what to do.

You can use the I Ching to look into choices, testing out the opportunities and challenges ahead before you take the plunge. Or to discover how to achieve your chosen goal: the oracle will show you effective approaches and spark off creative ideas of your own, as well as warning you of any unsuspected pitfalls along the way. Or you can just use it to understand what is really going on.

One thing the I Ching doesn't do is to replace human expertise. Instead it works with your knowledge and intuition, empowering you to bring clarity out of confusion, and take the path that leads to your greatest growth and fulfilment.

When you consult the I Ching, choosing a question is one of the most important parts of the process. The I Ching's answers can be as general or as specific as you like - you really do get exactly what you ask for. Remember the I Ching only answers one question at a time, so don't ask 'Should I do x or y?', but 'What if I do x?'

... some of the most useful things you can ask the I Ching ...

1. What about...? 2. How can I...? 3. What is going on here? 4. What can I do to help? 5. How can I cope? 6. What about going ahead with this? 7. Why is this happening? 8. How can I realise my dream? 9. What is stopping me? 10. What effect would it have on ______ if I ….?

Not one of these questions asks 'What is going to happen?' Of course, you can ask the I Ching this kind of question, but be warned that in the 3D world, what happens depends largely on your choices and the I Ching is very much an oracle of actuality! So you can expect an answer that may be fairly non-specific to what you'd actually like to know.

The Book of Changes
- I Ching - in Chinese

is unquestionably one of the most important books in the world's literature. Its origin goes back to mythical antiquity, and it has occupied the attention of the most eminent scholars of China down to the present day. Nearly all that is greatest and most significant in the three thousand years of Chinese cultural history has either taken its inspiration from this book, or has exerted an influence on the interpretation of its text. Therefore it may safely be said that the seasoned wisdom of thousands of years has gone into the making of the I Ching. Small wonder then that both of the two branches of Chinese philosophy, Confucianism and Taoism, have their common roots here. The book sheds new light on many a secret hidden in the often puzzling modes of thought of that mysterious sage, Lao-tse, and of his pupils, as well as on many ideas that appear in the Confucian tradition as axioms, accepted without further examination.

At the outset, the Book of Changes was a collection of linear signs to be used as oracles. In antiquity, oracles were everywhere in use; the oldest among them confined themselves to the answers yes and no. This type of oracular pronouncement is likewise the basis of the Book of Changes. "Yes" was indicated by a simple unbroken line (___), and "No" by a broken line (_ _). However, the need for greater differentiation seems to have been felt at an early date, and the single lines were combined in pairs:

 

THE KHIEN HEXAGRAM

THE KHWAN HEXAGRAM

To each of these combinations a third line was then added. In this way the eight trigrams came into being. These eight trigrams were conceived as images of all that happens in heaven and on earth. At the same time, they were held to he in a state of continual transition, one changing into another, just as transition from one phenomenon to another is continually taking place in the physical world. Here we have the fundamental concept of the Book of Changes.

In addition to the law of change and to the images of the states of change as given in the sixty-four hexagrams, another factor to be considered is the course of action. Each situation demands the action proper to it. In every situation, there is a right and a wrong course of action. Obviously, the right course brings good fortune and the wrong course brings misfortune. Which, then, is the right course in any given case? This question was the decisive factor. As a result, the I Ching was lifted above the level of an ordinary book of soothsaying. If a fortune teller on reading the cards tells her client that she will receive a letter with money from America in a week, there is nothing for the woman to do but wait until the letter comes -- or does not come. In this case what is foretold is fate, quite independent of what the individual may do or not do. For this reason fortune telling lacks moral significance. When it happened for the first time in China that someone, on being told the auguries for the future, did not let the matter rest there hut asked, "What am I to do?" the book of divination had to become a book of wisdom.

As long as things are in their beginnings they can be controlled, but once they have grown to their full consequences they acquire a power so overwhelming that man stands impotent before them. Thus the Book of Changes became a book of divination of a very special kind. The hexagrams and lines in their movements and changes mysteriously reproduced the movements and changes of the macrocosm. By the divining process, one could attain a point of vantage from which it was possible to survey the condition of things. Given this perspective, the words of the oracle would indicate what should be done to meet the need of the time.

All individuals are not equally fitted to consult the oracle. It requires a clear and tranquil mind, receptive to the cosmic influences hidden in the humble process of divining.

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