Following

I-Chinghex 17

Suí (隨) — Following

Judgment: 隨 (following; succeed, comply, going along) · 元 (most; first-rate, supreme, excellent) · 亨 (fulfilling; fulfillment, satisfaction, success) · 利 (worthwhile, rewarding, beneficial) · 貞 (to be persistent, loyal, dedicated, steadfast) · 無 (no; not; nothing; without, with no; avoid) · 咎 (blame; wrong; mistake, error) Image: 澤 (a lake, pool, pond, marsh) · 中 (within, inside; in the middle, midst of) · 有 (is, there is) · 雷 (thunder) · 隨 (following) · 君 (noble, worthy, honored) · 子 (young one, heir, disciple) · 以 (accordingly, therefore, thus) · 嚮 (at, towards; approach, face, nearing) · 晦 (nightfall, dusk, dark, darkness, twilight) · 入 (goes indoors, inside, within) · 宴 (to dine, feast; for leisure, refreshment, quiet) · 息 (and relax; rest; relaxation, repose, pause) Line 1: 官 (the standards, objectives; authority, rulers) · 有 (will; is, are) · 渝 (change; changing; being revised, amended) · 貞 (persistence, resolve, loyalty, commitment) · 吉 (promising, auspicious, opportune, timely) · 出 (leaving, departing; going out of, beyond) · 門 (a outer gate, doorway) · 交 (to communicate, interact, interrelate, share) · 有 (has, holds; will have, hold) · 功 (merit, worth, effect, benefit, tangible value) Line 2: 係 (attached, bound, tied, belonging to) · 小 (a little, small, young) · 子 (child, young one) · 失 (losing, neglecting, giving up, dismissing) · 丈 (the senior, elder, older, grown; maturity) · 夫 (gentleman; the one, those of, who is) Line 3: 係 (attached, bound, tied, belonging to) · 丈 (the senior elder, older, grown; maturity) · 夫 (gentleman; the one, those of, who is) · 失 (losing, neglecting, giving up, dismissing) · 小 (a little, small, young) · 子 (child, young one) · 隨 (follow, succeed, complying; going along) · 有 (assumes, becomes, will become; comes to be) · 求 (a quest, search, desire for; seeking of) · 得 (gain, attainment, possessions, security) · 利 (worthwhile, gainful; warranting) · 居 (to abide in, maintain, practice; abiding) · 貞 (persistence, resolve, firmness, the truth) Line 4: 隨 (follow, succeed, complying; going along) · 有 (has; to have; achieve, attain, gain, finds) · 獲 (success, gain, prizes seized in a hunt) · 貞 (persistence, resolve, focus, constancy) · 凶 (unfortunate, inauspicious, has pitfalls) · 有 (be, staying; have, find; remember) · 孚 (true, sincerely; confidence; to trust) · 在 (on, in; to) · 道 (a way, course, path, principle, process) · 以 (in order to be; using, with, through) · 明 (clear, lucid, aware; clarity, light, intelligence) · 何 (where is, what is; how is there) · 咎 (the blame, error, wrong, harm?) Line 5: 孚 (trust, relying; confidence, faith, belief) · 于 (in; on; with respect to) · 嘉 (excellence, quality; the excellent, credible) · 吉 (promising, auspicious, opportune, timely) Line 6: 拘 (seize, capture, catch, lay hold of, arrest them) · 係 (and bind, restrain, tie; tie up) · 之 (them, these, this, it) · 乃 (and then, now, after this) · 從 (follow, attend, comply by, with) · 維 (holding fast, restrained; tight, securely) · 之 (them, these, this, it) · 王 (the Sovereign, king, ruler) · 用 (will make, present, offer, performs) · 亨 (fulfillment, offering, sacrifice, tributes) · 于 (to, by, on, at, beside) · 西 (the Western (the site of the Zhou) · 山 (Mountain ancestral shrine))

Elder Futharkhex 17

Ehwaz (ᛖ) — Horse, Partnership, Loyal Movement

Ehwaz (ᛖ), nineteenth rune and third of Tyr's ætt, is the rune of the ehwaz — the horse, the most sacred animal of the Germanic peoples, companion of gods and warriors alike. The Old English Rune Poem declares: 'Eh byþ for eorlum æþelinga wyn' — the horse is a joy to princes, a steed proud on its hooves. Óðinn's eight-legged Sleipnir, described in the Prose Edda, is the archetypal Ehwaz — the mount that carries its rider between the nine worlds. Ehwaz governs the bond of loyal partnership in motion, the trust between rider and horse where two wills coordinate into a single fluid advance.

I-Chinghex 17

Thunder (☳) — Arousing

One of the eight fundamental trigrams. Thunder (☳) represents Arousing — the shock of movement that initiates action. A single yang line erupts beneath two yin lines, the first son, the sudden awakening that sets things in motion.

I-Chinghex 17

Lake (☱) — Joyous

One of the eight fundamental trigrams. Lake (☱) represents Joyous — open expressiveness, shared delight, and the pleasure of communication. A yin line opens above two yang lines, the youngest daughter, the smile that invites.

Zoroastrianismhex 17

Sraosha — Obedience, Hearkening, the Guardian of Prayer

Sraosha (Avestan: sraosha, 'hearkening' or 'attentive listening') is the yazata of disciplined receptivity to the divine word, celebrated in the Srosh Yasht (Yasht 11) as the first being to chant the Gathas and the first to girdle himself with the sacred kusti. He guards the world during the dangerous hours of night when the demons of Aeshma (Wrath) are strongest, and for three nights after death he protects the departing soul (urvan) before escorting it to the Chinvat Bridge where he serves as one of the three judges alongside Mithra and Rashnu. Sraosha's name encodes his function: he is the faculty of sacred listening through which Ahura Mazda's manthra (holy words) are received, and the Yasna liturgy invokes him as the embodiment of prayer properly performed — the precise, attentive recitation that sustains Asha in the getig world.