A reading made by Fili in Tiohtià:ke / Montréal
Year: 甲 辰 Wood Dragon Year 4722
🌕 ✨ Full moon already! We were sick last week, but have been meaning to share this reading with you…
This moon is here to assist you in forward motion, one that comes from listening and allowing yourself a space to be and relax. Two more weeks of relentless letting go. Sexual empowerment and creative energy will be a key in this time, though the conditions don’t always feel easy for it…
🐅 - tiger energy still very strong since two moons ago - fierce ambitious desire work continues even as the light fades - you face your fears and cut through them
🐖- pig energy here to remind you to nourish yourself, slow your pace, and release unnecessary expenditures of emotion time and money.
- What happens when you take the crooked path like water? Flowing between each thing naturally as it comes to you, without controlling the outcome?
May it be a fruitful one, and don’t stop shining bright 🪭 !
Here’s the full reading…
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Below is the full in-depth reading with details from the Yijing text and our translation…
First Hexagram: 44. ䷫ 姤 Gòu ”Consort”
Determination
姤:女壯,勿用取女。 Consort. Femme power,No use to call for her.
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天下有風,姤;后以施命誥四方。 Under heaven there is wind, Consort. A queen thus, Enacts one’s destiny, Notifying the four directions.
Fili’s Notes
- This hexagram expresses the power of feminine yin energy — profound, soft, carrying, releasing and unchanging. Softness might seem weak, yet softness is the only thing which endures.
- The word 姤 gòu can mean consort, but can also mean ‘to mate’ or ‘to copulate,’ and you may experience an expansion of sexuality or desire energy in this time.
- Sex is yin essence, it doesn’t respond well to forced energy or willpower. You have to be in the present and accept who you honestly are as a sexual being. You are learning to channel powers that are a part of you and yet beyond you.
- Visually we see a single broken ‘yin’ line emerging at the bottom of the hexagram, after a period of non-stop ‘yang’ intensity. You may be be experiencing feelings of blockage, impatience or pent up energy. In extreme these can be felt as anger, uneasiness, tightness or health issues, signs that the spirit life is not in harmony with how you are holding the physical.
- Remeber to be soft and receptive with your calling, with an almost regal energy. Notice when something is calling you, and trust you have it in you to carry it out. You may have been grasping hard to control things. Letting go is even stronger because everything essential will come back to you.
Second Hexagram 10. ䷉ 履 Lü ”Stepping”
Determination
履虎尾,不咥人,亨。 Stepping on the tiger’s tail, Nobody gets bit. Be at ease.
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上天下澤,履;君子以辨上下,安民志。 Above heaven below marsh, Stepping. Sovereign child thus, Distinguishes high and low, Willing to peace to people.
Fili’s Notes
- 履 Lü means steps, treading, and footwear — which allow us to adapt to environments and meet new challenges. We become versatile through them, and can travel further without losing our wellbeing and integrity.
- The ‘tiger’s tail’ is a path of fierce passion, ambition and desire — it might also feel volatile, headstrong and dangerous. Of course there is danger, but you have to trust that all will be well. By relaxing and enjoying who you are becoming, you will rise to meet the challenge.
- Missteps are bound to happen when you put yourself out there. Instead of focusing energy backwards on mistakes, put attention forwards to how you are growing into yourself and your desire.
- Treading means taking steps into the unknown, it comes from a place of receptivity and listening. It suggests that you don’t need to know everything. Act first, and find out what works through the process of doing.
- Take note of the energies and dynamics that you encounter. What situations and people make you feel a deeper sense of integrity and peace? What situations feel unsafe and not aligned to your best interest? Keep moving and adjust as needed. When things don’t work out, it means you are closer to finding something better.
Line readings
The changing lines in this hexagram show a transformation from a yin line 1 to yang, this first line represents offspring and children and seed in the human society. It shows that in this season there is a shifting energy in our childlike expression, that we are connecting to our own child or to children in general, birthing life and planting seeds that will eventually result in the material world.
The shift from yang line 3 to yin is less material and takes place in the human realm. It is the lower status of the human realm that is being released into yin. You don’t have to keep playing a lower status in your human interactions. It is a good time to atepping into your power and greater capacities that are available to you.
Line 1
Fili’s Notes
- In Chinese natural philosophy, Metal relates to intellect, boundaries, strength and reflection, and respiration. You may find new energy to set firm limits that preserve your energy and help you stay feeling full and nourished.
- It’s a good time to practice curbing negative emotions early in order to prevent them from gaining momentum.
- It’s a time that favours reducing excess expenditure of time, money and energy on things you don’t really need.
- You may be sensing danger. Use this exhilarating energy to focus your energy on a greater vision that really matters to you.
Line 3
Fili’s Notes
- Thighs are the strongest part of the human body, a source of momentum, and yet these are being stripped of their protecting outer later.
- You may be working in a way where you are in friction, or grinding from overuse.
- Even if you achieve a lot, it’s painful and you feel perpetual friction. By calling on rest and embracing a softer approach (noted above) you could accomplish more.
Conclusion
The overall message is about how effective and fearless action actually comes from a soft place. You don’t have to keep fighting for what you want. Act in a way that you are already embodying your calling. This means not rushing around — rush is a contraction of who you are because you are afraid you won’t get there.
It’s not about doing more, but you’ll accomplish more by finding that sweet spot of presence where you are above fear ready to step into unknowns, doing what you need to do and going exactly where you have to go.
Set clear limits on things and people that don’t bring the right energy into your life. Take care of yourself and ensure you have what you need to feel love and presence for what you are doing each day in this cycle.
We hope you found this reading helpful for this collective moon cycle.
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Wishing you a peaceful, nourishing, and abounding lunar cycle 🙏🌑✨