Yi Jing · Chinese tarot
Waiting
Hexagram 5 of the Yi Jing · 需 Xū
The figure
Water above Heaven: the creative force that knows how to await its moment. The clouds gather, the rain has not yet come.
What this figure illuminates
Waiting lights up the times when the right action is not to act yet. This is not passivity: it is a confident patience that nourishes and prepares itself instead of rushing.
For a decision, the figure separates waiting that is endured from waiting that is chosen. “Am I stalling, or letting the right moment ripen — and how will I recognize it?”.
A question to keep
Are you waiting out of fear, or because the moment isn't ripe?
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