Hidden Light
míng yí · Earth over FireKeep your values alive quietly until the climate changes.
利艱貞。
The sun has sunk beneath the earth, and brightness is not welcome right now. Stay faithful to what you know through the hard stretch. Keep your light inward, where it is safe.
The six lines
初九：明夷于飛，垂其翼。君子于行，三日不食，有攸往，主人有言。
A wounded bird flies with drooping wings. You may need to go quickly, hungry for days, while your hosts grumble. Leave anyway.
六二：明夷，夷于左股，用拯馬壯，吉。
The dark has injured your left thigh. It hurts but does not stop you. A strong horse carries you out, so accept capable help and move.
九三：明夷于南狩，得其大首，不可疾貞。
Hunting southward in the dark, you capture the chief of the trouble. Even so, do not rush to set everything right at once.
六四：入于左腹，獲明夷之心，于出門庭。
You slip into the left side of the belly and learn the dark's true heart. Now that you understand, walk out the gate.
六五：箕子之明夷，利貞。
Like Prince Jizi, who feigned madness under a cruel king, you hide your light to keep it alive. Stay true on the inside.
上六：不明晦，初登于天，後入于地。
No light now, only gloom. What first climbed to the heavens finally drops into the earth. Darkness that overreaches brings itself down.
The I Ching is a tool for reflection. Do not use it as the basis for medical, legal or money decisions.