Monday, November 17th, 2025, 28th day of the ninth lunar month

Today's Energy Guide

Today's hexagram:Leaving for Fire（䷝）

The Book of ChangesNo.30 Hexagram, upward separation (fire) and downward separation (fire), two fires shining together, bright and upright.

Hexagram revelation:The word 'li' in this work means' attachment and reliance ', meaning that all things need to rely on light to manifest their form.Fire needs to rely on combustible materials to survive, and people need to follow the right path to walk.Fire symbolizes technology, culture, and wisdom, and modern people rely on digital civilization just asFire requires attachments. But technology is just a tool, it needs to be based on the right path to prevent information from flooding and devouring human warmth. Contemporary people not only need to make good use of the flame of civilization to promote progress, but also need to guard the flame of the heart from extinguishing, in order to be able to navigate the interweaving of reality and virtualityDai,achievementThe realm of life that illuminates the heart of heaven and earth.

At sunrise riverside flowers are redder than fire, in spring green waves grow as blue as sapphire.  

today in historyGeographical location of the Suez Canal

one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine

yearelevenmoonseventeenOn this day, the Suez Canal officially opened for navigation. The canal is located in Egypt, starting from the northPort SaidFrom Taufik Port in the south, crossing the Suez Isthmus and connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas,Further connecting the Atlantic and Indian Oceans，It is the boundary between Asia and Africa, with a total length of approximatelyone hundred and ninetyKilometers. Its construction was presided over by French engineer Ferdinand de Leyseb and lasted for a period of timeCompleted annually, the project overcame difficulties such as high temperatures and desert geologymoonnineteenOne of the engineering miracles of the century.After navigation, the sea voyage from Europe to Asia is shortened by about

nine thousandKilometers, avoiding detours around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, significantly reducing transportation costs, and promoting global trade development. The canal has become the "golden waterway" for Eurasian trade, crucial for the transportation of oil and commodities. Politically, its control sparked a struggle between Britain and France, and later Egypt regained sovereignty and became the backbone of the country's economy. Economically, canal tolls have long been an important source of finance for Egypt, driving coastal urbanization and infrastructure development. Culturally, it strengthens the connection between the East and the West, promotes cultural exchange, and has become a landmark project in the process of globalization.The canal connects the three continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and is known as one of the most important and busiest trade and transportation routes in the world“East West Sea Freight Shortcut”andWorld Maritime ThroatEast West Sea Freight Shortcut世界航海咽喉要道and.