Hexagram 35: Jin -

Progress

科技神秘主義(Techno-Mysticism)

Thoth Tarot cards by Aleister Crowley and Lady Frieda Harris - Art Deco sacred geometry with phosphor green and amber Egyptian symbolism

Aleister Crowley 同 Lady Frieda Harris《透特塔羅》

Aleister Crowley 同 Lady Frieda Harris (1938)

1938 年,Aleister Crowley 委託 Lady Frieda Harris 畫一副新塔羅牌,融入佢嘅 Thelemic 哲學同進階神秘學知識。經過五年浮現嘅係《透特塔羅》(Thoth Tarot):78 張牌綜合埃及象徵、Qabalistic 對應、占星關聯、同 Art Deco 現代主義。Crowley 重新命名關鍵大牌——Judgment 變 The Aeon,Strength 變 Lust,Justice 變 Adjustment——每個改動反映更深嘅秘傳理解。Harris 將每張牌畫多次,直至神聖幾何完美對齊。火在天下:清明同照亮(火)支持創造性前進(天)。呢個唔係保存塔羅傳統——而係大膽重新詮釋,尊重源材料同時推動占卜向前。第 35 卦(晉/進)描述君子透過自己嘅清明前進。《透特塔羅》推進塔羅,將早期牌只係暗示嘅嘢變得可見:西方儀式魔法、東方神秘主義、心理洞察完整整合成視覺形式。

Practical Integration

你喺你領域有深厚知識——多年累積嘅理解、其他人睇唔到嘅模式、可以推進領域嘅洞見。問題唔係你有冇擁有佢。你有。問題係:你有冇令佢可見? 1938 年嘅 Crowley 有五十年神秘學研究:Golden Dawn 訓練、Qabalistic 精通、東方神秘主義、Thelemic 啟示。呢啲知識可以留鎖喺秘笈同私人教學。但佢委託 Harris 畫出嚟——令無形變有形,將秘傳智慧翻譯成任何願意睇嘅人都可接觸嘅視覺形式。 《透特塔羅》牌冇簡化。Harris 以數學精確畫神聖幾何,以學術準確畫埃及象徵,以技術正確畫占星對應。但佢令佢光明。Art Deco 美學,大膽色彩選擇,現代主義構圖——清明冇簡化。火在地上:照亮從堅實基礎升起。 大部分專家錯過嘅係:囤積知識唔係智慧,係恐懼。你以為保持洞見私人令你有價值。實際上,令你隱形。真正前進發生於你昭明你嘅德——令你知道嘅嘢清晰到其他人可以建立喺上面。 古文:君子自昭明德。唔係等認可,唔係收費夠高先分享專業知識。令知識光明,因為咁樣領域先前進。Crowley 重新命名牌(Lust 代替 Strength,Aeon 代替 Judgment)唔係為咗反傳統,而係令早期牌遮蔽嘅更深意義可見。 你嘅版本:寫你留意到嘅模式嘅權威解釋。創造令複雜關係明顯嘅可視化。建立展示原則嘅工具,清楚到初學者同專家都睇到。呢個係前進——唔係增量改進,而係令之前隱藏嘅嘢可見。 《透特塔羅》用咗五年,數百幅畫,無盡修訂直至幾何對齊。當 Crowley 規格銳化時 Harris 完全重畫牌。呢個係前進嘅工作:唔只係知道嘢,而係精煉你點樣展示佢哋,直至清明浮現。 火從地升起。太陽爬過地平線,照亮景觀。你嘅知識係基礎——堅實、真實、透過多年工作累積。前進發生於你令佢光明時。停止囤積洞見。開始昭明你嘅德。咁樣個人前進,領域轉化。

The Judgment

晉,康侯用錫馬蕃庶,晝日三接。前進帶來榮譽同認可,當內在清明變得明顯時。

jìnexpansion
kāngthe prosperous
hóulord
yòngpresent
grants
of horses
fānin
shùthe multitude
zhòuand (in
one day
sānthree times
jiēmeet

The Image

明出地上,晉。君子以自昭明德。

míngthe light clarity
chūrises
^(the) earth
shàngover

The Lines (爻辭)

Line 1 晉如摧如貞吉罔孚裕無咎

jìn^expansion
it may seem that v
cuī^ overwhelmed
is to be
zhēnbut persistence
is promising
wǎnguse wits
for trust
and be tolerant
no
jiùblame

Line 2 晉如愁如貞吉受茲介福于其王母

jìn^ expansion
it may seem that v
chóu^ anxious
is to be
zhēnbut persistence
is promising
shòuaccept
these present
jièboundary
as (if
from
one's (own)
wánggrand-
mother [i.e. graciously and gratefully]

Line 3 眾允悔亡

zhòngmany
yǔnpermission
huǐregret(s)
wángpass

Line 4 晉如鼫鼠貞厲

jìnadvancing
just
shíthe squirrelly
shǔrodent
zhēnpersistence
is harsh

Line 5 悔亡失得勿恤往吉無不利

huǐregret(s)
wángpass
shīabout
and gain
are not to be
taken to heart
wǎngsimply to go
is promising
without
doubt
worthwhile

Line 6 晉其角維用伐邑厲吉無咎貞吝

jìnadvancing
one's
jiǎohorns
wéilimit
yòngthis practice
to subjugate
of the home town
that harsh
is promising
is not
jiùto be blamed
zhēnbut persistence
lìnis embarrassment

Historical Context

Oracle Bone Script

火(☲)在上,地(☷)在下——光從接受性大地升起,照亮隱藏嘅嘢。

Period

周代

Traditional Use

古文描述晉進同前進,特別透過自己嘅光明同清明。君子自明其明德。前進發生於內在清明照亮前路時。

Character Analysis

『晉』字意味前進、進步、向前移動。火卦在地上暗示啟蒙從堅實基礎升起。Crowley 同 Harris:神秘學知識(堅實基礎)透過藝術清明變得光明(升起之火)。

Configuration

Lower Trigram

Upper Trigram

Binary

000101

Energy State

火從地升起——太陽爬過地平線,照亮景觀。光從接受性基礎浮現。

Trigram Symbolism

☲ 火(上)— 麗,清明,照亮 ☷ 地(下)— 順,基礎,實質 透過令內在知識可見同清晰而前進。

References & Citations

  1. Thoth tarot deck - Wikipedia
  2. Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia
  3. Frieda Harris - Wikipedia
  4. The Book of Thoth by Aleister Crowley - Goodreads

Digital Artifact

Thoth Tarot cards by Aleister Crowley and Lady Frieda Harris - Art Deco sacred geometry with phosphor green and amber Egyptian symbolism

Apple II Startup: The Expanding Frontier

Steve Wozniak & Steve Jobs (1977)

1977: the Apple II ships with color graphics, expansion slots, and a design philosophy that says 'this is yours to build on.' Not a closed system—an open architecture. The sun rising over earth. Each peripheral card someone designs, each piece of software someone writes, expands what's possible. VisiCalc turns it into a business machine. Print Shop makes desktop publishing accessible. Every addition brings clarity to what personal computing can be. This isn't forced progress—it's organic expansion through participation. The powerful prince (Wozniak) creates something technically excellent but doesn't hoard it. The sovereign (the market, the users) rewards him. Audience granted three times—each new application category validates the platform again. Fire rising above earth: illumination spreading, boundaries widening naturally. Progress that generates its own momentum.

Practical Integration

You're watching something good actually expand. The expansion is real. Don't overthink it—just don't get stupid. Here's the mechanism: progress comes from someone in a dependent position creating something others willingly follow. Not because they have to, but because the thing itself is worth following. The Apple II succeeded because Wozniak built genuine technical excellence and Jobs understood how to position it without jealousy-inducing power plays. The warning: don't become the hamster hoarding possessions in the wrong place. Times of progress are also times when dubious procedures come to light. Success doesn't license corner-cutting. The temptation is always to maximize advantage, to push harder because momentum is with you. But the best move here is often restraint—taking not gain and loss to heart, securing opportunities for sustained beneficial influence. If you're experiencing genuine progress, your job is to maintain the conditions that enabled it. That means staying connected to first principles. Not letting success separate you from the people and practices that got you here. The sun rises through natural law, not through forcing itself upward. Progress with the horns—offensive action—is only permissible for correcting your own mistakes. Everything else should flow from maintained excellence, not aggressive expansion. The light spreads because it's light, not because it's pushing.

The Judgment

Progress. The powerful prince is honored with horses in large numbers. In a single day he is granted audience three times. Merit recognized, influence expanding through genuine contribution rather than force.

jìnexpansion
kāngthe prosperous
hóulord
yòngpresent
grants
of horses
fānin
shùthe multitude
zhòuand (in
one day
sānthree times
jiēmeet

The Image

The sun rises over the earth: the superior man himself brightens his bright virtue. The higher it rises, the more it emerges from dark mists. Personal computing emerges from hobbyist obscurity into mainstream clarity.

míngthe light clarity
chūrises
^(the) earth
shàngover

The Lines (爻辭)

Line 1 晉如摧如貞吉罔孚裕無咎

jìn^expansion
it may seem that v
cuī^ overwhelmed
is to be
zhēnbut persistence
is promising
wǎnguse wits
for trust
and be tolerant
no
jiùblame

Line 2 晉如愁如貞吉受茲介福于其王母

jìn^ expansion
it may seem that v
chóu^ anxious
is to be
zhēnbut persistence
is promising
shòuaccept
these present
jièboundary
as (if
from
one's (own)
wánggrand-
mother [i.e. graciously and gratefully]

Line 3 眾允悔亡

zhòngmany
yǔnpermission
huǐregret(s)
wángpass

Line 4 晉如鼫鼠貞厲

jìnadvancing
just
shíthe squirrelly
shǔrodent
zhēnpersistence
is harsh

Line 5 悔亡失得勿恤往吉無不利

huǐregret(s)
wángpass
shīabout
and gain
are not to be
taken to heart
wǎngsimply to go
is promising
without
doubt
worthwhile

Line 6 晉其角維用伐邑厲吉無咎貞吝

jìnadvancing
one's
jiǎohorns
wéilimit
yòngthis practice
to subjugate
of the home town
that harsh
is promising
is not
jiùto be blamed
zhēnbut persistence
lìnis embarrassment

Historical Context

Oracle Bone Script

Fire (☲) above, Earth (☷) below—the Clinging mounted on the Receptive. The sun rising over the earth, spreading light progressively.

Period

Zhou Dynasty

Traditional Use

Wilhelm describes this as rapid, easy progress with ever-widening expansion and clarity. The feudal lord who rallies others through genuine merit, rewarded by the sovereign without jealousy.

Character Analysis

The Apple II as platform: progress emanating from those in dependent positions (third-party developers) whom others regard as equals. The leader (Wozniak/Jobs) doesn't abuse influence but creates infrastructure for collective advancement.

Configuration

Lower Trigram

Earth

Upper Trigram

Fire

Binary

000101

Energy State

Fire mounting above earth—natural, sustainable expansion. Read bottom to top: receptive foundation accepting creative additions, clarity spreading upward and outward.

Trigram Symbolism

☲ Fire (Upper) - Clinging, illuminating, clarity ☷ Earth (Lower) - Receptive, accepting, nurturing Light naturally spreading across willing ground.

References & Citations

  1. Apple II - Wikipedia
  2. Apple II Microcomputer | National Museum of American History
  3. The Apple II, cont. - Apple II History
  4. The Apple II: the Revolutionary Personal Computer

Fine Art

Thoth Tarot cards by Aleister Crowley and Lady Frieda Harris - Art Deco sacred geometry with phosphor green and amber Egyptian symbolism

J.M.W. Turner — The Fighting Temeraire

J.M.W. Turner (1839)

透納畫了一艘老軍艦被小蒸汽船拖走。太陽正在下山。

Practical Integration

那艘大船叫「無畏號」,打過特拉法加海戰,跟過納爾遜。透納一八三九年畫這幅畫的時候,它已經退役了,正在被一艘小小的蒸汽船拖去拆解。大船的帆是白色的,蒸汽船的煙囪是黑色的,冒著煙。後面是夕陽,金紅色的,把整片水都染了。 我想起天星小輪。不是現在那些新船,是以前那些——綠色的,有兩層,風吹進來很大。後來換了新船,有冷氣,密封的窗,快了幾分鐘。但坐在裡面,看不見海了。進步是這樣的,你得到一些東西,也失去一些東西。 「晉」這個卦,火在地上。太陽升起來,照亮大地。卦辭說:「康侯用錫馬蕃庶,晝日三接。」康侯受賞賜很多馬,一天之內見了君王三次。這是被提拔、被重用的意思。但透納那幅畫,畫的不是升起,是落下。也許這就是晉的另一面——你升上去了,總有一天也要下來。 《象》說:「明出地上,晉。君子以自昭明德。」光明從地上升起,這是晉。君子要自己彰顯自己的德行。透納那艘老船,它的光輝已經過去了,但透納把它畫下來,讓它永遠停在那個黃昏。進步是什麼?也許就是知道什麼時候該讓位,然後安靜地走。

The Judgment

晉,康侯用錫馬蕃庶,晝日三接。前進帶來榮譽同認可,當內在清明變得明顯時。

jìnexpansion
kāngthe prosperous
hóulord
yòngpresent
grants
of horses
fānin
shùthe multitude
zhòuand (in
one day
sānthree times
jiēmeet

The Image

明出地上,晉。君子以自昭明德。

míngthe light clarity
chūrises
^(the) earth
shàngover

The Lines (爻辭)

Line 1 晉如摧如貞吉罔孚裕無咎

jìn^expansion
it may seem that v
cuī^ overwhelmed
is to be
zhēnbut persistence
is promising
wǎnguse wits
for trust
and be tolerant
no
jiùblame

Line 2 晉如愁如貞吉受茲介福于其王母

jìn^ expansion
it may seem that v
chóu^ anxious
is to be
zhēnbut persistence
is promising
shòuaccept
these present
jièboundary
as (if
from
one's (own)
wánggrand-
mother [i.e. graciously and gratefully]

Line 3 眾允悔亡

zhòngmany
yǔnpermission
huǐregret(s)
wángpass

Line 4 晉如鼫鼠貞厲

jìnadvancing
just
shíthe squirrelly
shǔrodent
zhēnpersistence
is harsh

Line 5 悔亡失得勿恤往吉無不利

huǐregret(s)
wángpass
shīabout
and gain
are not to be
taken to heart
wǎngsimply to go
is promising
without
doubt
worthwhile

Line 6 晉其角維用伐邑厲吉無咎貞吝

jìnadvancing
one's
jiǎohorns
wéilimit
yòngthis practice
to subjugate
of the home town
that harsh
is promising
is not
jiùto be blamed
zhēnbut persistence
lìnis embarrassment

Historical Context

Oracle Bone Script

火(☲)在上,地(☷)在下——光從接受性大地升起,照亮隱藏嘅嘢。

Period

周代

Traditional Use

古文描述晉進同前進,特別透過自己嘅光明同清明。君子自明其明德。前進發生於內在清明照亮前路時。

Character Analysis

『晉』字意味前進、進步、向前移動。火卦在地上暗示啟蒙從堅實基礎升起。Crowley 同 Harris:神秘學知識(堅實基礎)透過藝術清明變得光明(升起之火)。

Configuration

Lower Trigram

Upper Trigram

Binary

000101

Energy State

火從地升起——太陽爬過地平線,照亮景觀。光從接受性基礎浮現。

Trigram Symbolism

☲ 火(上)— 麗,清明,照亮 ☷ 地(下)— 順,基礎,實質 透過令內在知識可見同清晰而前進。

References & Citations

  1. The Fighting Temeraire — J.M.W. Turner-1839. Turner painted this in 1839 depicting the HMS Temeraire, a warship from the Battle of Trafalgar, being towed by a steam tugboat to be scrapped. The old sailing ship gives way to new steamship technology, showing progress through generational transition.

The Judgment

晉,康侯用錫馬蕃庶,晝日三接。前進帶來榮譽同認可,當內在清明變得明顯時。

jìnexpansion
kāngthe prosperous
hóulord
yòngpresent
grants
of horses
fānin
shùthe multitude
zhòuand (in
one day
sānthree times
jiēmeet

The Image

明出地上,晉。君子以自昭明德。

míngthe light clarity
chūrises
^(the) earth
shàngover

The Lines (爻辭)

Line 1晉如摧如貞吉罔孚裕無咎

jìn^expansion
it may seem that v
cuī^ overwhelmed
is to be
zhēnbut persistence
is promising
wǎnguse wits
for trust
and be tolerant
no
jiùblame

Line 2晉如愁如貞吉受茲介福于其王母

jìn^ expansion
it may seem that v
chóu^ anxious
is to be
zhēnbut persistence
is promising
shòuaccept
these present
jièboundary
as (if
from
one's (own)
wánggrand-
mother [i.e. graciously and gratefully]

Line 3眾允悔亡

zhòngmany
yǔnpermission
huǐregret(s)
wángpass

Line 4晉如鼫鼠貞厲

jìnadvancing
just
shíthe squirrelly
shǔrodent
zhēnpersistence
is harsh

Line 5悔亡失得勿恤往吉無不利

huǐregret(s)
wángpass
shīabout
and gain
are not to be
taken to heart
wǎngsimply to go
is promising
without
doubt
worthwhile

Line 6晉其角維用伐邑厲吉無咎貞吝

jìnadvancing
one's
jiǎohorns
wéilimit
yòngthis practice
to subjugate
of the home town
that harsh
is promising
is not
jiùto be blamed
zhēnbut persistence
lìnis embarrassment

Historical Context

Oracle Bone Script

火(☲)在上,地(☷)在下——光從接受性大地升起,照亮隱藏嘅嘢。

Period

周代

Traditional Use

古文描述晉進同前進,特別透過自己嘅光明同清明。君子自明其明德。前進發生於內在清明照亮前路時。

Character Analysis

『晉』字意味前進、進步、向前移動。火卦在地上暗示啟蒙從堅實基礎升起。Crowley 同 Harris:神秘學知識(堅實基礎)透過藝術清明變得光明(升起之火)。

Configuration

Lower Trigram

Upper Trigram

Binary

000101

Energy State

火從地升起——太陽爬過地平線,照亮景觀。光從接受性基礎浮現。

Trigram Symbolism

☲ 火(上)— 麗,清明,照亮 ☷ 地(下)— 順,基礎,實質 透過令內在知識可見同清晰而前進。