Just like the past year, floods and fires continue to batter our planet. In America, we’ve learned from years of climate denial and domestic political violence how long cruelty and lies can continue without any apparent karmic reaction. Instead of dwelling on the negative, we can consult the I Ching for the most positive and appropriate attitudes for 2023.

The I Ching, or Yi Jing, also known as the Book of Changes, is a collection of stories written in six lines (hexagrams). It came into being simultaneously with early Chinese writing before 2000 BCE. Each hexagram addresses a different type of change, and the six lines in each hexagram describe the best or worst attitudes to flow with the changes.