The Sun has now moved into Gate 18, CORRECTION. In the I-Ching this hexagram is called WORK ON WHAT HAS BEEN SPOILT.

This is the energy to CORRECT or tweak something until it is PERFECT. It is about striving for the JOY of PERFECTION.

It is the brilliant energy of the editor. Is there anything worse than reading a book and having a typo thrust you out of the narrative? I hate that. Don’t you hate that? Isn’t there great JOY in experiencing a perfectly edited book?

It is important to note this energy is not necessarily meant to be directed at ourselves. It is meant to be directed outward in a productive way. Turn this energy inward and someone with this definition could pick themselves apart. For there can be a strong splenic fear with this energy of not being PERFECT; the fear that things are not PERFECT. It is also not always best to direct the energy of CORRECTION towards our loved ones. Turn this drive to CORRECT on someone you love and they just might not experience this energy with the loving intention intended. Arbitrary criticism never feels good.

It is hard to hold back though because that intuitive awareness of what to tweak to improve what is not CORRECT is powerful stuff. As with all projected energy, wait for right timing and even better wait for the invitation to offer your insight on how to CORRECT something. It really does make all the difference in how the advice is perceived.

What does the concept of CORRECTION mean to you? When you walk into a room do you immediately zone in on what needs to be tweaked to improve the decor? When you move that pillow just so do you feel JOY? What is the experience of being CORRECTED feel like to you? When you see an opportunity to help someone improve, do you feel compelled to share your advice? Does this come from a place of Love or irritation? Did they ask for your advice? Does that matter? When someone offers their advice do you experience it as helpful or do you feel criticized? Why? How does that make you feel? Are you continually working to improve yourself? Is that good? Or does this make you feel generally IMPERFECT? Is that bad? What does PERFECTION mean to you? Are you afraid of IMPERFECTION?

Thank goodness for those individuals who intuitively know how to tweak something just so to make it sublime. The world needs that does it not?