Yesterday was my birthday, whereupon I became Twenty-two so I decided to meditate on the day of Twenty-two and the age of Twenty-two.
I pick up the coins shake them in my cupped hands clasped shut listen to the jingle of the Universe trying to make up its mind as to which coin faces face up
A few seconds of using my hands with the coins as a shaker defining a sort of polyrhythmic cosmic probability; I let them fly. They crash down:
Two black and one white. Yang. Solid line.
I throw the second set:
Two white and one black. Yin. Broken line.
Third:
Two black and one white. Yang. Solid line.
Fourth:
Two white and one black. Yin. Broken line.
Fifth:
Two white and one black. Yin. Broken line.
Sixth:
Two black and one white. Yang. Solid line. - The Twenty-Second hexagram in the I Ching is Grace. In it's unchanging form, Grace signifies a temporary period of harmony and of fruition. It is a bad time to make big decisions, but it is a great time to work on one's self, one's craft and practices, and one's immediate surroundings. - Fitting that as I turn Twenty-two on the Twenty-second of the Fourth month, the Hexagram I throw is number Twenty-two (2+2=4).