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The ‘unpublishable’ reading on Osama bin Laden

The idea of publishing a series of readings by Stephen Karcher was to use them as a vehicle to illustrate his approach. Those who have been following this blog will be aware that we got a reading about Osama bin Laden which we felt was unpublishable. Following a number of requests we changed our minds and it can be found here.

I was quite shocked when the Yijing gave us this result. It has caused me to reflect on the way I perceived him and the dynamics which are now playing out in the world.

This reading also has a good illustration of the use of Karmic nodes. Also of interest is the fact that Stephen identifies the predictive element as being sited in the Time cycle part of the reading in this instance.

"The Time Cycle links four hexagrams through the images of the Four Seasons to place your situation in the oldest description of divinatory time. Use the Time Cycle to relate your situation to one of these seasons and look backwards and forwards to see where it came from and how it can be developed. A Time Cycle is made up of four hexagrams that share the same four inner lines, lines that represent a Core Theme of Change. The different top and bottom lines attached to this Nuclear or Core represent the Four Seasons and their themes.

• Spring (yang below, yin above): rousing new growth.
• Summer (yang below, yang above): ripening the fruits.
• Fall (yin below, yang above): harvesting the crop and gathering the insights.
• Winter (yin below, yin above): finding the seed of the new by grinding away the old."

I would be interested to hear folks views on the Readings Forum