Cui :: Assembly

Offering: the ruler is in the ancestral temple :: It is favorable to meet an adept: auspicious :: Sacrifice the ox : favorable when there is a place to go

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6 :: first

Assembly is not complete. Unruly then ordered. Crying and laughing.
Proceed as planned. No misfortune.

You experience disorder and/or illness but are not obstructed. Assembly or recovery is inevitable but as yet not complete. People gather in an unruly way but assembly is taking place.

9 :: second

Auspicious. No harm. Perform the summer rites¹--blessings.

You feel confident and happy. Assembly is inevitable. A modest celebration among early arrivals may be used to acknowledge the first stages of positive progress.

6 :: third

Assembly with wailing. It is inauspicious to travel. No misfortune.

You cannot proceed, but the situation is not obstructed. You are temporarily set back by miscalculation. Do not be discouraged.

9 :: fourth

Most auspicious. No misfortune.

Unity with others is established. A successful assembly is created by consensus, not force. Everyone has conformed to his or her place. All is well.

9 :: fifth

The high ranking assemble. Even stragglers,² find their places. Most auspicious.

Everyone at this gathering feels confident and organized. The right leaders use the right time and place to bring everyone (yin: dead and yang: living) together. Even the latecomers are welcomed. Anything can now be accomplished.

6 :: top

Weeping and sobbing. No misfortune.

Everyone is moved by a collective sense of success. Emotions run high, but expressions stay modest. Having assembled together properly, the group enjoys the loss of their individual loneliness and ineptitude.

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Cui is about assembling an entire clan before the altar of their ancestors. Spiritual, social and material resources are gathered and put in order. Everyone gathers to perform a collective rite that expresses a true and great unity of spirit. Since the ties of unity are not politically created (promise) but "found in the blood" success is inevitable. Cui is a festival of natural unity.

Auspices

Beneficial for all joint efforts. Be receptive to the inevitable success that comes from joining together with others. Expect emotions to run high and epiphanies on all sides.

Good for marriage, family gatherings, gathering resources, and religious ceremony.

Bad for solitude, selfishness, postponement, and withdrawal.

Comment

Unity with others is a wonderful feeling. Cui describes a ritual that bares our collective spirit to its Source (ancestors) in a festive ritual that is devoid of hypocrisy and artifice. The gathering identifies our spiritual roots-our com-monality. This feeling of unity is the source of all true human emotions.

When we sincerely open our hearts in this way we are naturally purged of our selfishness and wantonness. Through this exchange we may enter into the depths of human spirituality. There is no greater gesture than this ritual of rituals.

Other Correspondences

Business: Mergers, joint ventures, family business, and company parties.

Disharmonies: Contagious diseases and influenza.

Prognosis: Good. After a false start, the patient recovers with support from others (family and friends). Cooperation between patient and physician is excellent and the treatment is well chosen.