Hexagram 44:
Coming to Meet
"This hexagram indicates a situation in which
the principle of darkness, after having been eliminated,
furtively and unexpectedly obtrudes again from within
and below. Of its own accord the female principle
comes to meet the male. It is an unfavourable and
dangerous situation, and we must understand and
promptly prevent the possible consequences.
The hexagram is linked with the fifth month
[June-July], because at the summer solstice
the principle of darkness gradually becomes
ascendant again."
— Richard Wilhelm
To counteract the principle of darkness—
The Uploading (Friday— St. Peter's Day, 2012),
Thor's Light Bulb Joke, and …