Reason
The Full Image:
The continuing experience of the Awareness of Development on the Path
The Moving Lines:
9 in the 6th | Dragons inspiring creation Modest, Sincere and Joyous | Inspiring Development |
9 in the 5th | Flying Dragons in the Heavens Sincere and Powerful, everything furthers | Furthering Development Inspiring in Awareness |
6 in the 4th | Devoted and content Devotion leading to momentum | Receptive in Development Flexible on the Path Balanced in Awareness |
9 in the 3rd | Dragons taking flight Creatively Active, Joyous and Harmonious | Inspiring in Awareness Furthering on the Path Creative in Awareness |
6 in the 2nd | Straight, square and great Without purpose, yet everything is furthered | Furthering Joy Receptive on the Path |
9 in the 1st | Dragons forging the foundations Creative, Sincere and Cultivating | Creative in Awareness |
Sequence of "Reason" in the Chart of the Sequence
"Reason" is in the position of "Beginning of the Creation of Compassion".
"Reason" is the thirtieth Hexagram of the "Outer Circle"
and the fourth Hexagram of "The House of Compassion".
Relationship of "Reason" to the calendar and "The Great Wheel"
The calendar and "The Great Wheel" represent the 52 Hexagrams of
"The Outer Circle", or the physical universe.
"The Age of Reason" begins February, 8960 and ends in February, 9200.
"The Era of Reason" just as all 52 of the "Outer Circle"
Hexagrams occurs in each "Cycle" of "The Great Wheel".
The first "Era of Reason" begins in February, 3740 and ends in February, 3800.
The Hexagram of "Reason" corresponds to the thirtieth week of the Creative I Ching Calendar.