Episodes

  • Panic-free finances

    Panic-free finances
    Jul 10 2025
    (Just one reading, sorry, not a universal formula.) Paloma asked what to do about her worrying pension-less state, and cast Hexagram 5, Waiting, changing at lines 4 and 5 to 34, Great Vigour - changing to So we talked about patience, and self-care, and standing firm, and also not standing firm at the bottom of a hole... If you have a reading you'd like to share on the podcast, please book yourself a slot here!
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    39 mins
  • In the Jaws

    In the Jaws
    Jun 12 2025
    Charlie asked 'How to navigate?' and cast Hexagram 27, Nourishment - or Jaws - changing at line 1 to 23, Stripping Away: changing to What followed was a strongly resonant conversation between his inner imagery and the imagery of the Yi - and also the ancient Chinese motif of being in the jaws of the tiger. The featured image above this post shows a detail from the handle of the Houmuwu vessel, where you can just see the human face between the tigers' open mouths. (The original photo is by Mlogic, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.) Here's another example, from the 11th century BC:
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    36 mins
  • A marriage dispersing

    A marriage dispersing
    May 8 2025
    How does the Yi help in an impossibly painful situation? It's hard to describe - deep recognition, being recognised, a sense of reconnection. Dominique's reading for this episode: "What is the lesson that I must learn through the pain of losing my marriage and our future?" And Yi's answer: Dispersing - Hexagram 59, with no changing lines. It's a beautiful response - I hope you enjoy listening Transcript, for Change Circle members
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    31 mins
  • Sprouting

    Sprouting
    Apr 10 2025
    Ludimila had graduated in psychology and opened her doors as a therapist a few years previously, but wondered whether she was being prompted to hold onto her secure, old work as a teacher and translator. So she asked, 'What should I focus on professionally?' and cast Hexagram 3, Sprouting, with no changing lines. It's a beautifully simple answer, and we thoroughly enjoyed exploring it together. Those explorations touched on the nuclear story, at which point I came up with a highly sophisticated visual aid... (This may come in useful towards the end of the episode if you're not familiar with nuclear trigrams and hexagrams!) You can learn more about Ludimila and her work here - she does sessions in both Portugese and English.
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    39 mins
  • ‘How to approach the I Ching?’

    ‘How to approach the I Ching?’
    Mar 13 2025
    That was Nathaniel's question for this podcast episode. Here's the reading he cast - changing to - Hexagram 26, Great Tending, changing at line 1 to Hexagram 18, Corruption. As you might imagine, the moving line gave us pause for thought! Nathaniel mentioned a previous episode, the one about Family Constellations work, that also featured Hexagram 18, and also Benebell Wen's interesting new translation; I mentioned Margaret Pearson's. (If you'd like to share a reading of your own on the podcast, you can book that here!) https://livingchange.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/episode53.mp3
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    45 mins
  • Almost crossing the river

    Almost crossing the river
    Feb 13 2025
    A lovely conversation with Roslyn, about starting an online class to teach Daoist and complementary practices to women - about trepidation and confidence, pacing and patience, foxes and drunkenness, elephants and armies... Her reading was Hexagram 64, Not Yet Across, changing at lines 2 and 6 to 16, Enthusiasm: changing to Links I mention in the audio: to share a reading on the podcast: onlineClarity.co.uk/share. to join Change Circle (where membership also includes private readings): onlineClarity.co.uk/circle.
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    40 mins
  • A reading for the year

    A reading for the year
    Jan 9 2025
    This episode features a reading for the year ahead. Kalimah's question: "Please comment on the year ahead. What I can expect? And also, how best to work with the energies within and around me?" Yi answered with Hexagram 23, Stripping Away, changing at lines 1, 4, 5 and 6 to 17, Following: changing to The meanings of the two hexagrams turned out to blend and harmonise in a very clear, satisfying way. Kalimah's shared a reading on the podcast once before, a year ago, so we took a moment to review how that reading had worked out. (Here's the original episode.) I hope you enjoy this one - don't forget you can book your own free reading for the podcast here...
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    37 mins
  • A slower reading

    A slower reading
    Dec 12 2024
    Here's a gentle exploration of Hexagram 22, Beauty, in which we work our way round to understanding! Kim asked 'What's happening?' - looking for a picture of the greater pattern of her life. I think Yi handed her the paintbrush...
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    43 mins