
It is a key site on the Sacred Sickness Pathways that connect personal disorders with cultural change and the Mission of the stage of the Symbolic Life that centers on initiation, finding a relation to culture and the search for an image of the deeper self. This is a Realizing Figure, an Engine and Heart Theme of Change that recharges experience with meaning and energy. Act slowly and carefully to build your base.įall (44): Harvest the crop by letting the emerging new patterns move you. Spring (43): Rouse new growth by decisively parting from old patterns. Think about real goals and take a decisive stand for change. Winter (28): Find the seed of the ne w by standing alone without fear. It is a matter of life and death, of letting go of the past and crossing the threshold, a crisis in life when you must stand by what you know to be true and find the power to exist independent of collective norms. It is the transition time in a ritual, a passage through liminal space where structures dissolve, a re-ordering of fundamental principles. It represents the initiation of a noble child through which he becomes a warrior and acquires a ritual presence, the transition of marriage, the transition to a higher class or becoming a high ranking lord.
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Do not focus on establishing your own dwelling (37).ĭa Guo, Great Traverses or the Great Transition is a dialogue between structure, the house and the ridgepole as the social structures that support and constrain us, and the process of becoming a true individual, a great being with an individual identity free of social conventions. Articulate a new time and a new world for all (60). Inner self-cultivation now brings you the ability to express the spirit in the human community. This is the critical passage when you emerge as a real individual. The roots and the tips of things are fading, so let the strong force gathering in the center penetrate and move you. If your situation does not nourish you, push it over and leave. This will bring effective power and success. The structure of your life is in danger but there is a creative force at work in this breakdown. This is a critical situation, a time to push your principles beyond ordinary limits.

Eldest Daughter and Youngest Daughter, the Matchmaker and the Mediator, create outer stimulation that drives inner penetration. Heart Theme: 1 Inspiring Force of the Dragon. A crisis and a critical passage gather your strength, hold on to your ideals break the rules, free yourself from stereotypes, conventions and corrupt institutions the time when you emerge as a true individual.
