A good month for I Ching

Three cards from my I Ching Goddess Cards deck

October seems to be a good month for me and the I Ching, the ancient Chinese divination system:
(1) I received Benebell Wen's latest book, I Ching The Oracle
(2) I'm taking Harmen Mesker's online course, The Power of the Hexagrams
​(3) I'm teaching a new course through Kiala Givehand's Life Alchemy Academy, called, Deconstructing the I Ching. 

The I Ching is one of the oldest and most influential books in the world. It is a Chinese classic text that has been used for centuries for divination, guidance, and self-reflection. Benebell's book provides one of the most detailed histories of the I Ching I've seen in a layperson's book, and the entire book (a hefty 800+ page tome) is rich with diverse ways to use the I ching for ritual, divination, healing and self-reflection. You can purchase the book HERE. 

Harmen Mesker is a Dutch I Ching instructor and creator of the Yijing Research Academy. I found his videos on YouTube this year and was ecstatic to find such a well-versed practitioner using the I Ching in a similar fashion as myself. He emphasizes use of the trigrams and reading the symbolic translated texts instead of the commentaries. You can find his YiTube Channel videos on YouTube HERE.

I've been studying the I Ching for about 25 years and the philosophical commentaries have never felt "correct" to me. About 15 years ago I realized those commentaries weren't actually translations of the original text but interpretations of translations. After finding some direct translations that contained symbolic and metaphoric language that could be interpreted as an oracle, I've been diving more deeply into the original oracular foundation of the I Ching, which includes understanding the energies of the trigrams, bigrams, and the 6 lines. And that brings me to my course, Deconstructing the I Ching. 

The I Ching is composed of 64 hexagrams. Typically, for an I Ching reading, the interpretive text of these hexagrams is consulted. However, there is another way to read the I Ching, without using a book of translations or commentaries. 

In my 4-hour course, you’ll learn to deconstruct the I Ching, and use the building blocks of the hexagram to gain immediate and intuitive messages to modern dilemmas. In this beginner-friendly course, you will:

• Learn about the history and origins of the I Ching
• Cast a hexagram using playing cards or a tarot deck
• Explore the eight trigrams and their meanings
• Uncover a simple predictive tool hidden in each hexagram
• Understand how the 6 lines of a hexagram relate to the physical body
• Find pearls of wisdom in every hexagram
• Connect to the wisdom of the I Ching and perform readings with greater confidence and flexibility.

​The course includes:

• A 4-hour LIVE session via Zoom
• My printable deck -- I Ching Goddess Cards
• ​6 months access to a private discussion space

To find out more about the course and register, click HERE. My Ko-fi members have been offered a deep discount on this course. If you're a member or supporter, click HERE for the discount link. ​