Pathfinder
Hexagram 01 Cause
The model of the moment: The time is generally ripe for the triggering of a new event, or initiation of a fresh process. Energy levels favor the beginning of new ventures, or the solving of large problems. However, efficiency is essential. Wasteful efforts will exhaust reserves and leave important tasks incomplete. A cosmological note: Cause injects motion, starts cycles rolling, waves undulating. Before the touch of the Primal Cause, there was only a formless, invisible, intangible anticipation of what might be. A suspension of time and space and energy, such has never existed since. Nothing occurred. Nothing could occur, until the rallying cry of Cause was loosed. This was true for the beginning of our universe, and is also true, on a much smaller scale, for the events and cycles that we experience today. Tiny splinters of the original Cause still spin about within reality, working to complete the task begun by the Big Bang, some fifteen billion years ago. The course usually recommended for such times: It looks to be a good time to take action. But watch that you don't waste your energies on trivial matters. There is much to be done. Proper timing is an element essential to Cause. Part of such timing is the disciplined withholding of certain concepts, words, or actions until the appropriate time has come to use them. If such items are released prematurely, many advantages can be lost. In the case of hasty action on your own part, when the proper time does come, others will have seen your cards beforehand, and planned around them; effectively robbing you of any significant impact on events. Another factor of timing to keep in mind is that of receptivity to change; it is in the very beginning of things that they are usually easiest and simplest to affect. Those who would reorganize a process or organization are often wise to wait for a time of disorder to invite them; for then the way is open, with almost negligible resistance to be met. In cases of crisis where prolonged conflict may mean disaster for all, you should strive to be the driver of events, rather than a follower in them; force your opposition to stay on the defensive, ever in a reactive mode, rather than poised to strike or put into action their own strategies. If you can well establish such a trend, and are competent at maintaining it throughout a campaign, it should allow you to steer your opponent precisely and efficiently towards their own defeat.
Fixed (no changing lines);
This is a plateau process or event; the given model will hold true for an extended period of time. Attempts to manipulate events away from the present course could prove frustrating and fruitless, until destiny is satisfied. Consider the following as well as the above: This is a rare event. That which you do now will have lasting effects. Not only upon your own life, but many of those around you as well. You are creating your own unique sequence of events here, and they may well take on a life of their own.
Changing Lines:
1
Do not take action now; instead plan for the future and watch for better opportunities. The proper timing of your actions is crucial to your success.
2
Join with someone whose talents or knowledge towards your goal supplement your own, to insure success.
3
You may soon jump to a new level of creativity. This is always a risky thing, as it may entice you into squandering your new energies faster than you can gain control of them.
4
You now enjoy an increase in your personal power. But with added power comes added responsibility. Will you use this power to benefit others, or to strengthen your inner self? Expenditures on less worthy goals than these will bring misfortune.
5
Your clear thinking will bring you admiration. But seek the advice of another before capitalizing on your gains.
6
Your plans are far too ambitious at this time. Lofty goals are easiest attained in stages, rather than all at once.
When all lines are changing;
This is an excellent time for a new beginning.