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Yi Jing · Chinese tarot

Biting Through

Hexagram 21 of the Yi Jing · 噬嗑 Shì Kè

The figure

Fire above Thunder: clarity joined to movement, the lightning that cuts. The image of biting through the obstacle.

What this figure illuminates

Biting Through lights up situations calling for a clean decision, where something stands in the way and must be cut through. Right firmness is better than the complacency that lets things rot.

For a decision, the figure asks for clear courage: “what must be cut cleanly, rather than skirted one more time?”.

A question to keep

What must be cut cleanly rather than skirted again?

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