# [2026] Willow Feelings & Flower Wishes

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Podcast: [Brave-Smoke's Corner](https://stenobird.com/podcast/brave-smoke-s-corner-7237700)
Published: 2026-05-17T15:31:07+00:00
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## Resource

Etta James: [Willow Weep For Me](https://youtu.be/J3s6DMZI1RA?si=P94I-rcF1f9oekY6) /// [**Hexagram 28: **](https://ctext.org/book-of-changes/da-guo) *aka the GTFO the house's bout to collapse* **Judgement/Blurb:** The ridgepole bends. Beneficial to have a destination. Success. **Yao/Line Texts:** **Top 6/Yin:** Crossing too far, the water covers the head. Ominous, yet no blame. **5th 9/Yang:** A withered poplar flower. An old woman takes a strong husband. No blame, no praise. **4th 9/Yang:** The ridgepole rises. Auspicious. If there is something else, hardship. **3rd 9/Yang:** The ridgepole bends. Ominous. **2nd 9/Yang:** A withered poplar sprouts. An old man takes a young wife. Nothing is not beneficial. **1st 6/Yin:** Use white grass as a mat. No blame. // From **Wolfram Eberhard's "Dictionary of Chinese Symbols"**: The willow, much valued as firewood, is a symbol of spring. As spring is the season of erotic awakenings, the phrase ‘willow feelings and flower wishes’ means sexual desire; ‘looking for flowers and buying willows’ means visiting a prostitute, ‘flowers and willows by the wayside’ are prostitutes, and ‘sleeping among flowers and reposing beneath willows’ is a term for visiting a brothel. The waist of a beautiful woman is compared to the willow, her eyebrows to the curve of willow leaves. A young girl is a ‘tender willow and fresh flower’ while a woman who can no longer claim virginal freshness is described as ‘faded willow and withered flower’. A woman’s pubic hair is ‘in the depths of willow shade’. /// In ancient China, the gourd was an essential ritual instrument used in ceremonies like the imperial ancestor ceremonies and wedding ceremonies. According to the Book of Rites, a gourd was used because it symbolized the nature of heaven and earth. Ancient s…

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