Type No. 259 of 576
the Mountain Path × the Wind on the Plain
Ambition × Freedom × 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.
Horse
The Horse is the wind on the plain. This thread tends to need open ground — a Horse in too small a paddock spends its energy on the fence.
It approaches life by motion: decide at a gallop, adjust at a gallop.
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: energy — rooms speed up and brighten when a Horse commits
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.