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Apr 2013
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.
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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.
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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).
Anubis the Philosomancer
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Anubis the Philosomancer  29/We're all a bit mad here.
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