Feb 24th Reading

The I Ching:

Well of the Sages

Hexagram 48. The Well
You have received the forty-eighth hexagram:
The Well, also known as Drawing from the Well.
The symbol is wood below water: the image
to visualise is a bucket dipping into a well.
The Well symbolises the profound resources
that as human beings we have at our disposal.

In Taoist thought, the well is in fact a symbol
of the depths of our own universal being.
By accessing the well one may become
a source of inspiration for others, just as
animals gather around a watering hole.
But everything depends on the way one lifts the water:
the practice of drawing from the well is symbolised
by someone carefully lifting water up with a bucket.

The judgement of this hexagram is that: you should
draw deeply on your relationship to the Universal Source.
The I Ching teaches that each of us contains
the universe within in microcosm, and thus
every living being has an infinite reserve
to draw on: wisdom, inspiration, strength,
creativity, understanding, transcendence and love,
these are some of the contents of the Well.