Jian :: Gliding

Favorable for a girl to marry: auspicious

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6 :: first

Wild geese glide over the shoreline. Inauspicious for the young.
There are complaints but no misfortune.

This is your first try at something. Inexperience causes difficulty, but no great misfortune occurs. Innocent awkwardness is easily forgiven. It is like the first migration journey of a gosling.

9 :: second

Wild geese settle on the rocks. They eat and drink. Auspicious.

You reach a point in your progress where you may rest and nourish yourself. Be happy that the initial difficulties are over. Skills and experience have been gained. Instincts (ancestors, genetic memory) are at work.

6 :: third

Wild geese glide over the land. A husband dies in battle.
A wife miscarries. Defense is finally secured.

You have gone too far, too fast and this brings losses, but after learning harsh lessons, there is a chance to re-strategize. Finally, forming good habits and/or a secure defense, you are able to limit or recover your losses.

9 :: fourth

Wild geese settle in the trees. Roosting easily. No misfortune.

An auspicious and unusual set of circumstances provides rest. Thick branches allow the migrating, web-footed geese to perch. Trust your inner voice (ances-tors). This voice is the same as the instincts of the older birds, who know where and when to stop.

9 :: fifth

Wild geese settle on a mound.¹ A woman does not conceive for three years.
Ultimate success.

You have reached the end of your journey. The omen reads that you are fated to reach your goal (dead or alive). It is a journey that reveals and expresses a deep experience of our inherent commonality.

6 :: top

Wild geese settle on the peak. Ceremonial feathers. It is most auspicious.

Having been steadfast in your progress, you receive a reward beyond your expectations. Journey complete, you remember that home is where the heart is.

Image

Jan is the omen read from the gliding, settling, sliding and setling of migrating birds. It is about gradual and instinctive progress. Jian also represents the growth of plants, a traditional courtship, the gracious acceptance of fate, and our natural continuity with the ancestors. It is the story of a long and predestined journey, the power of perseverance, and the predisposition (character, nature and fate) inherent in our birth.

Auspices

Good fortune comes to those who are patient and persevering. Expect a long journey with a happy and fulfilling ending.

Good for education, industry, courtship, marriage, and distant travel.

Bad for lawsuits, innovation, and loans.

Comment

Jian follows the flight pattern of migrating birds that glide and settle, and glide and settle on their long intuitive journey home. Jan has no shocking revelation, no catharsis and ends with no vainglorious hero's parade. It is the routine, monotonous work of a migrating bird's instinctive return to an alpine lake.

Jian is the simple and comforting truth that those who are constant, yet modest, in their progress are eventually rewarded. It recalls the honor owed to the countless foot soldiers of history and their long-suffering widows. We might call Jan the broad and straight path of ordinary fulfillment.

Other Correspondences

Business: Routine work, scheduling, long-term planning, gradual expansion, and growth.

Disharmonies: Minor, chronic illnesses of all kinds.

Prognosis: Good. The patient makes a very, very slow but complete recovery. A fatality after a long illness is, in this case, auspicious.