I Ching: Monday, September 7

One of the sixty-four hexagrams

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Biting Through

Hexagram 21 is biting through an obstruction that is lodged between the jaws. Something has to be dealt with directly today, and the text says it helps to let justice be done. This is not a hexagram of diplomacy. Name the obstacle plainly, apply the necessary force once, and do not soften it into another week of chewing.

For your star sign

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

Aries

Something lodged has to be dealt with directly and the text says let justice be done. This is not a hexagram of diplomacy, which suits you. Apply the force once and stop.

Taurus

You will chew on this for another month rather than biting through. The obstruction is lodged and will not dissolve. One decisive act today, and it is over.

Gemini

Name the obstacle plainly and deal with it. Biting through is a single action rather than a campaign, so resist turning it into a series of clever manoeuvres.

Cancer

You will work around the obstruction to avoid the confrontation. It is lodged between the jaws. Going around it is what has kept it there.

Leo

Deal with it directly and without an audience. The text asks for justice done rather than justice demonstrated.

Virgo

You will document the obstruction thoroughly before removing it. The classic asks for the bite. Remove it and write it up afterwards.

Libra

You will look for the version that upsets nobody. There is not one. Something has to be bitten through, and the fairness is in doing it once and cleanly.

Scorpio

This is your instrument and the caution is proportion. Let justice be done rather than a point be made. One bite, not a demolition.

Sagittarius

You will act decisively and possibly on the wrong obstruction. Identify the lodged thing precisely before you bite.

Capricorn

You will follow the process while the obstruction stays lodged. The text authorises the direct act. Take it.

Aquarius

You will argue the obstruction should not exist. Correct, and it does. Deal with the thing in front of you.

Pisces

You will hope it works itself loose. It will not. Say the difficult sentence today and let it be over.

For your Chinese animal

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

Rat

Something lodged has to be dealt with directly rather than worked around. Going around it is precisely what has kept it there.

Ox

You will chew on this another month rather than biting through. It will not dissolve. One decisive act and it is over.

Tiger

Your instrument exactly. Apply the force once and stop. Let justice be done rather than a point be made.

Rabbit

You will work around the obstruction to avoid the confrontation. The text asks for the bite, once, cleanly.

Dragon

Deal with it directly and without an audience. Justice done rather than justice demonstrated is the counsel. Set the direction and hand the detail to somebody else.

Snake

You will document it thoroughly before removing it. Remove it, then write it up. Consider whether what you know is more useful said.

Horse

You will act decisively and possibly on the wrong obstruction. Identify the lodged thing precisely before you bite.

Goat

You will hope it works itself loose. It will not. Say the difficult sentence today. Ask for help before you are emptied by it.

Monkey

You will find the clever route round it. There is not one; the thing is lodged between the jaws.

Rooster

You will follow the process while the obstruction stays put. The text authorises the direct act. Take it.

Dog

You will argue that it should not exist. Correct, and it does. Deal with the thing in front of you.

Pig

You will wait for somebody else to raise it. Bite through it yourself, once, and let it be finished.

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