Yi Jing · Chinese tarot
Modesty
Hexagram 15 of the Yi Jing · 谦 Qiān
The figure
Earth above the Mountain: height holding itself low, the mountain beneath the soil. The image of modesty, of greatness that does not display itself.
What this figure illuminates
Modesty lights up the quiet strength of one who needn't appear. What lowers itself finds its place; what swells invites the fall. It is a balance, not an erasure.
For a decision, the figure invites you to weigh your relation to recognition: “am I seeking to be seen, or to be right — and are the two in tension here?”.
A question to keep
Are you seeking to be seen, or to be right?
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