My brother Willy reminded me that 64 is the number of hexagrams in the I Ching, the ancient Chinese book of divination. His email gave me the idea of consulting it about the prospects for the next year: Unfortunately, I left my yarrow stalk oracle (actually they are chicken skewers but they work just fine) in Ohio. However, it's all on line now, and I found a yarrow stalk oracle site I kind of liked, although I'm not completely sure of the readings (as usual).
Any way, I got hexagram 37, Jia Ren/The Family, moving to 33, Dun/Strategic Retreat/Save your bacon. I don't remember ever seeing either of these hexagrams before back in my I Ching consulting days in the late 1960's/early 1970's.
Hexagram 37: Wind over Fire: The Family: There is a lot here about first protecting one's family, however that may be defined, by perseverance even in hard times.
Hexagram 33: Heaven over Mountain: Strategic Retreat: This then moves to making sure to hang onto the valuable essential things that sustain one's life.
Together, these seem like really good advice!
