A free divination to guide your day. I have studied Tarot since 1973, the I Ching since 1976, and several other divination systems. My hope is you will find these messages useful, enlightening or humorous in some way. Did I mention it was free?

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The Army Brings Peace -- Seems Unlikely Doesn't It?

Somehow, the Army leads to Peace today: The Army 7 is composed of K'an, Water and Danger, inside and K'un, the Earth and Devotion, outside. There is only one light line in position 2, all the rest are dark, yin lines. The Army is said to be like water underground. It is not visible until called forth by the ruler. This is the model for Armies in ancient times. There were no standing Armies as we have today only citizen-soldiers who performed their regular work in the fields or elsewhere and were invisible as an Army until called upon. Here the first line changing indicates that attention must be given to the good order of the Army if it is to be effective. Disorder at the beginning will lead to misfortune. The third line changing I have chosen the alternate meaning of 'Everyone rides in the wagon, misfortune.' It means that too many people are trying to take charge which also leads to misfortune. Only the leader of the Army was permitted to ride in the wagon. These changes result in hexagram 11 Peace, where Ch'ien, heaven and the creative force, are inside and K'un, the earth and the devoted, are outside. Heaven is on earth, as it were. This all seems unlikely to me as Armies bring War not Peace. It is an Orwellian slight-of-hand to think Armies bring Peace. The ancient Chinese must have known of 1984. Or it could be because the Army cannot fight due to the above unfortunate circumstances that there can be no War and that means Peace by default. Maybe the Army is needed to sort out nerds and jocks. Here is a real way to head towards peace starting with the Army that might just save the planet (for us).

1 comment:

  1. Links lead to wikipedia article on 1984 which defines Orwellian and the famous 1984 Apple Mac commercial

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