I cast the i-ching today, which I do at times when I am feeling just a bit adrift. Of all the ways I search for truth, this oracle has an uncanny way of offering me the most comfort, and the most immediately applicable advice. Today’s hexagram was 36 ~ The Darkening of The Light
I sensed this dimming, even before I read the interpretation. I have always been strongly affected by the influences wrought upon me by my sex, and as the moon waxes full, it is always more difficult to feel the calm and equilibrium I do my best to maintain. I know that as sure as I must draw breath to go on living, that sometimes the light must fade, that to witness its retreat will make me all the more grateful for the return of dawn, but I am still reluctant to see it go.
But by no means do I expect this to last, as change is spelled out in every line of the hexagram cast. Indeed we move to 18 ~ Decay; To Work On What Has Been Spoiled this hexagram has a strong association with the number 6 (which is about how long it tends to take me to feel myself again) and the wisdom of this time is to tend to what must be cleared away that other things might thrive.
Interestingly, both of these messages are a part of Owl medicine, which I carry around with me everyday; it seems rather often I need it.
From www.birdclan.org/owl.html
Owl can see in the dark, and can accurately pinpoint and identify any sound
And
From http://morningstar.netfirms.com/owltotem.html
Owl sees and knows the truth. It’s ability to navigate through the darkest night […]releasing that which has outlived its benefit and usefulness in your life
So I have known me well enough to know I would need these truths, and today, a day full of light, I am reminded of it again.
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