I Ching: Lín 臨 Approach of Spring

In this episode, Dr. Skye Sturgeon gives his I Ching reading for spring. The character Lín 臨 is translated as “coming just before” or “just about to occur” and in most translations of the I Ching, it is rendered as “Approach”. The hexagram consists of the three broken lines representing Earth above the trigram for Lake. The two yang lines of Lake are rising into and beginning to nourish the Earth, a powerful image for the approach of Spring. You can access the written article here. Sele...