Yi Jing · Chinese tarot
Great Excess
Hexagram 28 of the Yi Jing · 大过 Dà Guò
The figure
The Lake above Wind: the ridgepole bending, overloaded in the middle, weak at the ends. The image of an excess nearing the breaking point.
What this figure illuminates
Preponderance of the Great lights up moments of overload, when a situation carries more than it can. The critical point calls for an exceptional gesture — to support, to lighten, or to let the passage happen.
For a decision, the figure questions extreme tension: “what is bending under the weight, and must I shore it up, unload it, or accept that a major transition is taking place?”.
A question to keep
What is bending under the weight — must you shore it up or unload it?
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