Type No. 256 of 576
the Mountain Path × the Listener in the Grass
Ambition × Gentleness × the Free Thread
Capricorn
Capricorn is the sign of the mountain path. This thread tends to climb in switchbacks — patient, private, and very hard to discourage.
Rabbit
The Rabbit is the listener in the grass — in Japan, the rabbit on the moon pounds the elixir of the moon-viewing tales. This thread tends to win by softness: timing, tact, and knowing when silence is the answer.
It approaches life by attunement: reading the wind in the grass before choosing a path.
Type B
Type B is read, in the Japanese custom, as the free thread — the one that leaves the pattern to see what the cloth could be. This reading tends to follow real interest rather than the schedule on the wall.
In practice, the B thread works best with room to roam and a deadline that is real; its honesty about what it actually wants is a form of respect.
The shadow in this thread is the abandoned loom: a new fascination can quietly inherit the time owed to an old promise.
Strengths and tender spots
Strength: long-range discipline that arrives where louder climbers quit
Gift: grace — conflicts end early around a Rabbit, often without anyone noticing why
Tender spot: carrying the whole mountain alone instead of asking for a rope team
Read with tonight's moon
A type is only half the reading; the other half is the moon it is read under. The free diagnostic on the top page reads your type together with tonight's moon phase.