Trailer | I Ching Hexagrams: Pushing Upward and Increase
Published: June 19, 2026
Duration: 0:58
In this subscriber-only episode of Living the Tao (1-185), Taoist Master Mikel Steenrod continues his study of the I Ching with Hexagram 46, Pushing Upward, and Hexagram 42, Increase.
Both hexagrams point toward action, but they do not describe the same kind of movement. Pushing Upward is steady ascent: small efforts, proper support, and the presence of the “great person.” Increase is sudden opportunity: thunder, wind, favorable change, and the need to act before the moment passes.
Master Steenrod examines the classic pronouncements, images, and line meanings of both hexagrams, while also challenging the modern idea that succ...