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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