Hexagram 17

Following our seeking of thunder
on this lake of reality to find renewal
in the night, we must go indoors to
find strength and recuperation.

The autumn electricity withdraws
into earth to rest as thunder rests
in winter, we make adaptations to
demands from time; out of this image.

I cannot make favorable a situation
until I adapt, learning how much my
resistance to adapting wears on me
with mistaken denial.

Facing a mirror that reflects journeys past
and not able to see ones own image there
cannot necessarily mean you were not.

Jerryd.

Author notes
interpretation by / jerryd

Hexagram 17 > Sui / Following

joyous lake above arousing