I Ching: Tuesday, September 1

One of the sixty-four hexagrams

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Conflict

Hexagram 6 is being sincere and blocked at the same time, which is the particular frustration of an argument where you are right. The classic advises stopping halfway. Do not press this to a conclusion today. Meeting the great man, in the old language, means bringing in somebody neutral rather than winning alone. Crossing the great water now is explicitly discouraged.

For your star sign

The same reading, taken through each sign of the zodiac.

Aries

Hexagram 6 is being sincere and blocked at once, the frustration of an argument you are right about. The classic says stop halfway. Do not press this to a conclusion today, however winnable it looks. Take the draw and keep the ground you hold.

Taurus

You will hold the position by simply not moving, which works and costs the relationship. Stopping halfway is the counsel, and it applies to immovability as much as to attack.

Gemini

Everything in you wants to finish this argument today. The text forbids crossing the great water and advises stopping halfway. Take the draw and keep the ground. Winnable is not the same as worth winning today.

Cancer

You will avoid the conflict entirely and call it peace. The classic assumes a real dispute and asks you to stop halfway through it, which requires beginning it.

Leo

Being right and being blocked at the same time is intolerable to you. Stop halfway, bring in somebody neutral, and let the record hold rather than the victory.

Virgo

You are right about the facts and it will not settle this. The text sends you to the great man rather than the finish line. Find the neutral party.

Libra

You will look for the fair midpoint, which is exactly what the card recommends and rarely gets taken. Stop halfway and mean it rather than proposing it.

Scorpio

You could win this and the text says do not. Stopping halfway with your position intact is the outcome on offer, and pressing further loses what you have.

Sagittarius

You will say the whole true thing and consider the matter closed. The classic asks for half of it today. The other half survives until the weather changes.

Capricorn

You will escalate through the proper channel, patiently, until you prevail. The text advises against the crossing. Hold what you have and stop.

Aquarius

You will argue the principle rather than the case. Conflict rewards the concrete and the halfway, neither of which is your instrument. Bring somebody neutral. Bring in somebody neutral rather than arguing the principle.

Pisces

You will concede to end the discomfort and resent it for a month. Stop halfway rather than surrendering; those look similar and are not. Stopping halfway and surrendering look alike and are not.

For your Chinese animal

The same reading, taken through each animal of the Chinese zodiac.

Rat

You will find the angle that wins it, and the text says stop halfway. Keep the angle for a week that rewards using it.

Ox

You will hold the ground by not moving, and the card counts that as pressing on. Stopping halfway means stepping back a pace too.

Tiger

Direct force is available and forbidden here. Stop halfway, bring in somebody neutral, and keep what you already hold.

Rabbit

You will withdraw rather than dispute it, and the card assumes a real disagreement. Say the half of it that needs saying.

Dragon

You will take it to the top and expect the top to agree. The text sends you to the neutral party rather than the powerful one.

Snake

You are right and it will not settle this. Stop halfway rather than working the position quietly for another week.

Horse

You will want it finished today. It will not be. Take the draw and go and do something else with the afternoon.

Goat

You will absorb it to keep the peace and carry it for a month. Say half of it now instead.

Monkey

You will out-argue them and lose the room. Stopping halfway is the cleverer move and much the less satisfying one.

Rooster

Being accurate will not end this. The text is explicit. Concede the facts, stop halfway, and keep the ground.

Dog

You will fight it as a matter of fairness, and the card asks for a halt regardless. Fairness survives a pause.

Pig

You will give way to end the discomfort. Stopping halfway is not the same as giving way, and only one of them helps.

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