Fire 離

Fire has no form of its own and burns only by clinging to something. Choose well what you depend on, keep your light steady and use it to light others.

What does Fire mean?

Fire has no form of its own. It clings to a piece of wood and only then burns. Light is like this too; while it lights something up, it depends on it. This situation describes how what you attach yourself to shapes you. If you hold on to something right, you become bright and warm. If you hold on to something wrong, you flare up and go out quickly. No one is completely independent. We all rest on something or someone, a belief or a purpose. What matters is whether this bond lights you up. Move away from attachments that darken you, and take care of those that warm you.

Fire is also clarity and understanding. You are in a good period for seeing events clearly and bringing the truth to light. But the nature of fire is to burn fast. Blazing without control leads to burnout. What is asked of you is to protect your light with patience and gentleness. The image of the cow says this: what is docile, patient and productive lives longest. Use your strength not to show yourself but to light up what is around you. Accept the things you depend on; no one can shine alone. But choose your attachments freely and consciously.

The lines

If a line changed (red) in your reading, read only that line. Lines are counted from the bottom up.

1. First line

   The footprints run every which way. If you act with respect, there is no blame. At the start of the day everything comes at you quickly; do not rush, begin carefully and calmly.

2. Second line

   Yellow light. Great good fortune. A measured, balanced light like the noon sun; you are keeping to the middle way.

3. Third line

   The light of the setting sun. People either beat the pot and sing or loudly lament old age. Misfortune. Facing the passing nature of life, give in neither to excessive gaiety nor to despair.

4. Fourth line

   It comes suddenly, catches fire, dies out and is thrown away. What flares up fast burns out fast; excessive passion and haste will burn you.

5. Fifth line

   Tears in floods, sighing and mourning. Good fortune. You are going through a real change; accepting this pain sincerely transforms you.

6. Top line

   The king sends him out on campaign. He kills the leaders and spares the ordinary followers. No blame. Fight the source of the problem, but do not punish those who were swept along by it; apply a measured discipline.

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