Day of the Heart's Release, 53rd of Summer, 525 M.E. (Atlas):  Survival and salvation lie beyond my reach. Only transcendence to a new existence, a higher plane of being, will see me through. The old me is just a dry husk. I can't return to it. Metamorphosis is the only grace offered.

Disturbing lesson from the I Ching. I hadn't consulted that oracle in quite some time - the last time that I threw Hexagram 47, K'un, was back on December 10, 2023. But I got K'un again today, this time with no moving lines. It is what it is, unadorned and unvarnished. 

K'un: the marsh above, water below. The marsh, drained of water, exhausted, spent. The water, however, still retains its essential nature. It needs only find a new vessel to occupy.  Am I the marsh, or am I the water?

This is no place for indecent levity at the expense of an erring mortal disguised in liquor (page 454).What worked in the past is no longer sufficient for the present situation. It's time to move on.