Yi Jing · Chinese tarot
Work on Decay
Hexagram 18 of the Yi Jing · 蛊 Gǔ
The figure
The Mountain above Wind: stillness set over what had seeped in, stale air beneath the immovable. The image of the work of repair.
What this figure illuminates
Work on What is Corrupted lights up what has decayed through neglect, and must now be taken in hand. Decay is not fate: it calls for patient care, not demolition.
For a decision, the figure invites you to look at what has been let go: “what asks to be repaired at the root, rather than patched on the surface?”.
A question to keep
What asks to be repaired at the root rather than patched over?
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