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Moving On? Hexagram 37.3.5 to 27

December 30, 2017, 8:17 am
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I have been wishing and hoping and trying to have a reasonably happy life for years now. I was in a very bad marriage that seemed to have ended in 2007. Yet the person, pretending to be my friend, was able to trick me into a very vulnerable position in which I have been truly harmed on every level. I appear to be trapped and have not seen anyway out for years.
My career is in shreds. My finances are shot. What to do? I asked the YJ:
What can I do to move on from all this? I received Hexagram 37.3.5 to 27.

Hexagram 37, People in the Home

Oracle
'People in the home.
A woman's constancy is fruitful.'

The old Chinese character for 'home' shows a pig under a roof. A home is where people rear a pig together, sharing wealth, work and value. People in the home cooperate in their shared space and invest in it together (as in a family, workplace, school of thought or culture), and within the structure it provides they can recognize and understand what is valuable.

To create a successful home, you need to have the constancy of a woman. Steadily, over time, your work creates a space in which all can grow freely into their natural form, and find their place and their connections with others. You allow space for new things to enter and grow, becoming part of the whole inner ecosystem. You keep the space for living in.

Image
'Wind comes forth originally from fire: People in the Home.
A noble one's words have substance and her actions are consistent.'
(People in the Home: I live alone and have no family, so I really just don't understand how this image relates to my situation)

Sequence
People in the Home follows from Hexagram 36, Brightness Hidden:
'Injury on the outside naturally means turning back towards the home, and so People in the Home follows.'

Pair
People in the Home forms a pair with Hexagram 38, Opposing:
Opposing means outside. People in the Home means inside.'

Changing Lines
Line 3
'People in the home scold and scold,
Regrets, danger: good fortune.
Wife and child giggle and giggle.
In the end, shame.'
(Scolding seems to be pointing to minor conflict. In my case, I have been experiencing really severe major conflict in my living arrangement that is both frightening and life threatening.)

Line 5
'The king enters his own home.
Do not worry. Good fortune.'
(What king? I am a woman so who does this king figure refer to?)

Changing to:
Hexagram 27, Nourishment

This makes no sense to me since I don't have a happy home now, nor do I have a happy home to return to. I live in a building with male predators as neighbors. There's no way I can make a home here. Both my parents are deceased and there is no home for me any where on earth. So why would the YJ bring up 37? I would welcome a comment from anyone.
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Request for help regarding brother's illness

December 31, 2017, 12:57 am
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Hi, Could you please please help with this interpretation. My brother is very ill such that daily activities are tough too...there is no known cure..he has tourettes and blepharospasm and neck problems.. I asked how would the coming year go for him..and got 36.1.6 to 52also asked today how would he handle his illness and got today36.1.2.3.4 to 40 (release) I am really worried and esp I may have to relocate with regard to my job in coming few months and my family may not be able to go...would really appreciate some insight into these readings.I also asked how can my brother get cured permanently and got 39.1 to 63 - does it mean that with small improvements he will be cured...thanks a lot for your help..
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Help with interpretation

December 31, 2017, 9:02 am
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Hi everyone,I hope you’re all well! I have been waiting for someone to contact me on a project we plan to work on. Last I spoke to him, he told me to follow up and contact him again after the 25th of Dec. I sent him a msg on the 29th and have not received a reply yet.I asked the Yi, does X have plans on getting back to me? And rec’d hexagram 13.5 changing to 30.I then asked the Yi, will X return my message and got 58 unchanging.Any interpretations would be appreciated! Thank you so much.
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Poccossin

December 31, 2017, 12:19 pm
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I don't know where to ask so I decided to chose this forum: Poccossin who helped me through my most bad time some years ago, where did he go ? I haven't seen him around. Anyone know ?

Sorry about my english spelling but I got this strange feeling that I maybe is responsible for his disappearance ? Strange feeling that I hope is wrong.

Is it ?

Anybody knows ?

Please let me know

Sincerely

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Money, love, success, what's next?

January 1, 2018, 6:45 am
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So this was my question for a New Year's Day casting. My response was 43.4.5 to 11. From Deciding to Flow. On the surface, that seems pretty simple. On the other hand, I'm new to this and recognize already that simple isn't always exactly simple. Any insight or guidance would be helpful.Thanks!Gina
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A second child or moving on? 53.1.5 to 22

January 1, 2018, 6:39 pm
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My partner and I have been trying for over 2 years to have a second child— we already have a 5 year old daughter. We are getting old-ish, now considering fertility treatment, also adoption, also just letting go of the second child pursuit and enjoying our family of three. I myself have felt at an impasse— feeling totally happy with our family but also these pangs for another person in our family. My impasse has felt more pronounced recently and I asked the Yi:Should we keep trying for another baby? Or just let go and enjoy our daughter?And cast 53.1.5 to 22Which is interesting in that it mentions a small child in line 1 and pregnancy in line 3.Line 1'Wild geese gradually progress to the shore.The small child, danger. There are words – not a mistake.'Line 5'Wild geese gradually progress to the ancestral grave-mounds.The wife is not pregnant for three years.In the end, nothing can prevent it. Good fortune.'But I’m not sure what else to make of it. 53 seems to suggest continuing our pursuit of a child. Line 5 seems to suggest a pregnancy would be the eventual result. But maybe there is much more going on than I am interpreting? What is the danger to (or because of?) the small child in Line 1? What are the words?Any insights welcome.
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guidance on me and france at this time

January 1, 2018, 11:11 pm
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I cast this relationship question (france is a person) and got 2.5 >8.I know france a long time and feel very connected to this person and think about him a lot.We are not in a relationship but we are both part of a common group.He is a very good listener and helps me a lot in my day to day life.'Power of the land EarthA noble one with generous character carries all the beings'If this is me (all the parts of me)and the moving line 5'yellow lower garmentsfrom the source good fortune'referring to the colour yellow the colour of the solar plexus, of personal power.If france is enabling me to seek union with all the different parts of me from the source?
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Job related question 39 3.4 >45

January 2, 2018, 9:23 am
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Hi all,

Happy New Year! New Year - New Beginnings!

I consulted the oracle on the dawn of the new year regarding my job situation. Regardless how much I want to leave it in the old year i cant and need to figure something out here.
I have posted about it before. I gave it a chance which I am glad i did. it was a learning experience for me. However, I don't think I can continue the same way. Things are kind of boring, non-creative, and I am tired of struggling financially. So I am meeting my boss tomorrow morning and want to give her the "news" that I am going bye-bye.
However, I still want to make sure that I am making the right decision and not cutting ties too soon (maybe things will work out if I wait, or I am not seeing potential).

I asked IChing

Please comment on my decision to stop working for T.

39 3.4 >45.

Does it mean if I quit now I will be having problems fins=ding another job and will end up coming back and working for her again later. So basically I shouldn't quit????

Thank you!
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Should I get an attorney ASAP? 5.4

January 2, 2018, 9:55 am
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Hello!

I am in an extremely stressful, precarious situation regarding my apartment that is almost completely out of my control. I received a reading as well as advice here to be still, which I did to the best of my ability. The situation has not resolved itself but the stress continues to mount. I’m sensing irritability from multiple parties.

Should I get an attorney now? 5.4. I feel like I’m in the pit of blood, but am I being told to wait in the chaos or that getting out of the pit means getting an attorney? I’m so uncertain.
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Hexagram 10.1>6

January 2, 2018, 11:25 am
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Dear Team,I asked the I Ching: What can I devote myself to at this stage of my life (last son leaving the nest) that can support myself financially and keep me in harmony with the Dao? You can devote yourself to 10.1>6 to support yourself financially and stay in harmony with the Dao.What words would you use to replace these numbers? Any help?Any ideas coming to your minds? I am a translator, I do not see my profession in its answer.Many thanks in advance and I wish you all a 24.5 for 2018!
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"What if I went back to Sauris (Italy)" 7.2 to 2.

January 2, 2018, 5:38 pm
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I decided to post a follow-up on the reading of a few days ago (see "Reading for a Difficult Decision"), as in fact, to complement, I have done a different reading, with a different question. Even though I am meant to start the Masters soon, part of me feels unconvinced, not sure whether this is the right way to go, so to cut the issue through, I have asked the oracle if it wasn't a good idea for me to go back to Italy, to Sauris, the village where I live in the Alps. It has to be added that I suffer the winter climate in the UK; I miss not being in my climate, the snow and the mountains. The answer I got from the reading was Hex. 7 (the Army), changing line "nine in the second place" to Hex. 2 (the Receptive). The overall feeling I got from the reading is that it is best for me not to go -- or at least not immediately. I would still be going in February, in fact, and there are indications that staying would make more sense then; it may also be that this time it turns into a more permanent move (Hex 2 is also "the Earth", pointing to stability in space). This may perhaps also address, incidentally, my long-standing question on where to put a more steady base; having lived for many years between Italy in the Uk I was somewhat resigned to this long-term "commuting"; this may never end, in fact, but a part of me desires nonetheless a more steady base and a place I can call 'home'. I feel at home in many ways in the UK too, but there aspects of life here (and most notably, the climate) that make this place really hard for me, and almost against my fundamental nature (winter, especially, for me is a real suffering here). Hence the reading: at one moment I felt really exasperated, and didn't want this whole adventure of the Masters to even start. But given that I have the option of attending in person only for the first month, then attend online (and therefore I would be "physically" free from February onwards), this is perhaps the way to go. The second, changing line, however, proves hard to decipher: does it counsel me to go straight away or wait? From the general tone of the reading, and by "sitting with it", my overall sense is that I should wait, as the situation, right now, would plunge me in a state of inner war (in fact I am in that state anyway, as I am torn between the two options, but going immediately would perhaps exacerbate that state further). The development into Hex 2, however, gives me an overall sense that it would still be good to go, but not straight away. There are hints of that throughout: "But in addition to the time of toil and effort, there is also a time of planning, and for this we need this solitude". Where I live in Italy I would be basically alone. It's a situation I like; in fact I don't feel alone there, as I am surrounded by nature, trees and mountains, and I do get deep nourishment out of that. But beforehand I have to "let myself be guided", which could be a reference to attending the Masters; additionally, south and west could easily be identified as the location of the Masters (Devon), while north and east the town in the Alps where I live -- which is in NE Italy. I may be wrong with this reading, but this is what intuition tells me; if there is something else that stands out that I am not seeing (as it is often the case, when we are too close to something), please help me to see it.
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About Unexpected / Disapointing / "Wrong" readings

January 3, 2018, 6:27 am
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Hi all there!

I wish you all a rich, exciting and fulfilling 2018!

I wanted to have your inputs on this delicate topic, and I'll try to go as straight to the point as possible:
We've all experienced readings that are more or less "obscure" or difficult to relate to, that need time to digest and get into, and others look very straightforward and seem to answer the question clearly (we all like those ones don't we? :D). Well with these latter ones it seems easier to "compare notes" between what was said and what actually happened since the reading seemed pretty clear. Well, recently I had that, and the answer I got was not in line with what actually happened. Since I really do believe the I Ching was not "wrong", I would like to have your inputs on what can be the causes of this kind of situation? So far I can imagine:

- A wrong interpretation of the reading (it might have looked straigthforward, but actually it wasn't)
- A biased state of mind while throwing the coins
- A flexible interpretation of time ans space by the I Ching (the result does not look in sync with reality right now, but the situation could actually evolve into something more like the reading in the future...)
- The question was unclear, or confusing
- anything else?

Let me for the sake of illustration tell you about the reading I am talking about, and let me start by saying that this is one of the first times I feel a reading is not "in sync with reality", after several hundreds of readings:

I had this very big (and important -for me- and pricey) artwork exhibited in a quite important solo exhibition in 2017, the exhibition was ongoing until 22nd of December.
I had 18 works exhibited, but I wanted to know if this particular work (the biggest one) was going to get sold at the exhibition. So I asked this question: "If I was certain that this piece was going to get sold before December 31st 2017, how would my state of mind be on January 1st 2018"? I agree, the question is a complex way of asking "is that piece going to get sold in 2017".
And as an answer I got the hexagram I love the most: 11 unchanging. I would be at peace, satisfied. That and the fact that I got only 1 Hex uc made me think the piece was going to get sold.
Now... it didn't. I sold some other smaller ones and the show went well, I'm happy, but that particular one didn't sell.
So my question is:
- Was my question unclear
- Could it be that I was I biased when I threw the coins
- Could it mean that it is going to sell... soon
- Or also that I am at peace now (which I am), independently of the result of that particular show?

Any ideas?

Thanks a lot!!

All the best, take care.
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commitment in relationship hexagram 44.2.4.5 > 52

January 3, 2018, 6:35 am
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I haven’t been yet in a long term relationship. I have to accept that it’s just didn’t happen but also that it was my choice, my unability to commitment.
(My first post on this site was also related to this question and I received important guidance what I am trying to follow.)
Still, I would like to kind of “forgive me” my mistakes and make a fresh start, and trying to correct my way.
I asked “Why I was not able to make a commitment? How I was?”
I received hexagram 44.2.4.5 > 52

The image of the hexagram represents this independent woman who is just going on her way, represents temptation and not recommendable for a relationship. My impression is that I am kind of rigid in contradictory ways, between not taking risks and pushing too much.
Am I right thinking that the solution is to “keep calm” (52?)

Thanks a lot for you insight. And I wish to All a Happy New Year!
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Is he alive? 49.1.2 > 28 and 54.4 > 19

January 3, 2018, 8:37 am
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Hello Yi Jing lovers,

after three weeks of Sailor missing from home (see https://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/frie...cat&highlight=) yesterday I notice a change in my energy. After several hours of a kind of frenzy I felt all of a sudden empty, as if a fever had left my body, and this question surfaced in me: "is Sailor actually alive?"
I justified what I felt saying to myself that I had depleted all the nervous energy at my disposal in the constant concern about Sailor, in the looking for him, in the not knowing where to look for him, in the not knowing what is going on with him, in the not knowing what should I be doing. Oh, not that I didn't ask all of these to the Yi Jing; I did ask, but being so strung up I did not understand a single answer.

So, humbly, sincerely and filled with the willingness to listen, I asked the Yi:
Please, give me an image of Sailor's physical condition. 49.1.2 > 28
Well, Metamorphosis... Isn't death a metamorphosis?
So, with a 28 untenable situation as a background, being weakened, being hungry, being cold, maybe wounded, 9.1 shows somebody unable to take any action and 6.2 that change will come when he's ready for it. They could be hinting at leaving the body, but I could also read it as he's stopping and waiting to replenish his energy in readiness to move forward.

Today after my morning sitting, not knowing whether waiting at home for him to appear in the garden or going around (but where else???) looking for him, I asked: How should I respond to Sailor's actual situation? 54.4 > 19, which basically says practice as much patience as you can. But this means that I cannot consider Sailor dead... it wouldn't make any sense otherwise, wouldn't it?

So, I turn to you for help in understanding what's going on with Sailor.

:hug::hug::hug:
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26.3.6 to 19 - What am I learning through my connection and relationship...

January 3, 2018, 2:57 pm
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Hi All,I'm new here and thought I'd query the group wisdom on this reading. After a few days of asking bad, pretty desperate questions about my relationship with my friend I finally stumbled on a constructive question. What am I learning through my connection and relationship with Ivory? What is it here to teach me?We are estranged right now and he has shut off communication. We've been dating, mating and dealing with each other for 14 years. So I thought it was a rich story line for a community contemplation. I look forward to your insights,Cava
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Kari Hohne

January 3, 2018, 3:34 pm
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49 all lines changing...?

January 4, 2018, 6:47 am
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I asked Yi a question about an emotional attachment I have been holding on to, maybe past it's usefulness, and whether my attachment was blocking my true path. [My actual question was: "Am I holding on to something that is not right for me? Is my attachment to x blocking my true path?"]And I cast hexagram 49.1.2.3.4.5.6 to 4I have never cast a hexagram with all 6 lines changing. Is this Yi's way of saying an emphatic "Yes, change your point of view, let go of this!" ?? Does it have a particular special meaning encoded?As I wrote the question I was already thinking that some part of me already knew that the answer was-- likely- "yes you are off your true path". So maybe the Yi is just saying, "you already know the answer to this?" Or, throwing it back to me, "what do you think?" Just wondering if anyone has had experience with this particular casting. Thank you, happy new year all!
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What benefits from drinking large amounts of eistilled water? 32.3.4 - 7

January 4, 2018, 7:09 am
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I watched a youtube video proclaiming the miraculous healing effects of drinking large amounts of distilled water. I consulted the I Ching asking what would be the benefits for me to drink distilled water and was surprised to get hexagram 32.3.4 - 7. The lines read like there would be no benefit at all. Does anyone see another way of interpreting this? Incidentally, I am in good health already so perhaps Duration just means my good health continues but the lines are so meh I am puzzled.
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Tyger tyger burning bright uc

January 4, 2018, 11:02 pm
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Dear All , I cast the following : guidance on whether to invest in this DVD resource for my teaching at this time . Reading 10uc. The Resource is expensive although absolutely excellent . I would have no problem investing in it if need to and that’s why i cast for Yi advice . Have no idea if the reading means yes or no . Keep away from this great power or tap into it !! ...in fact I cast this question twice as I thought I hadn’t cast correctly first time ax both times 10 uc came up so there’s a clear message here but I can’t decipher it for the life of me !!
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Will I have a baby this year?

January 4, 2018, 11:38 pm
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Hi :)
I asked, will I have a baby this year? I feel like I'm being told to let go and go with the flow but would like to hear other insights. Thank you

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10 17
Hexagram 10, Treading



Key Questions

Where is the tiger?
Do you know how to work with such power?

Oracle

'Treading a tiger's tail.
It does not bite people.
Creating success.'

There are tigers in the outer world, and also inner tigers; as you get close, it's good to recognize the tiger for what it is.

Treading the tiger's tail is perilous – yet if you can move in harmony with it, you can invite its power into your own life as protection, fertility and blessing. To do this without getting bitten requires both skill and care.

Look to the power and intensity you are drawn to in the situation: its specific danger is there, and also its potential gift.

Image

'Heaven above, lake below: Treading.
A noble one differentiates above and below,
And makes a place for the people's aspiration.'

Sequence

Treading follows from Hexagram 9, Small Taming:
'Things are tamed, and then there are the rituals. And so Treading follows.'

Changing Lines

Line 2
'Treading the path, smooth and easy.
A hermit's constancy brings good fortune.'

Line 6
'Observing the footsteps, blessings from the ancestors.
They come full circle: good fortune from the source.'


Hexagram 17, Following



Key Questions

How are things flowing, and how can you move with them?
Where are you being nudged and guided?

Oracle

'Following.
From the source, creating success, constancy bears fruit.
No mistake.'

Energy flows strongly into life's landscapes, bringing a great creative drive, from the source through towards fulfilment. Following it means a willingness to honour the flow and align actions with it. You can know your ideal, and then allow it to meld with the natural current, following signs and nudges and allowing them to draw you onward.

Then, you may experience Following as an effortless flow of supportive synchronicities – or you may experience it as events unfolding in accordance with their own schedule, and failing to keep to yours. It can seem as if simply allowing yourself to be guided by the current is not enough, and you ought to be 'doing something'. But moving with the creative process is not a mistake.

Image

'At the centre of the lake is thunder: Following.
A noble one at nightfall
Goes inside for renewal and rest.'

Sequence

Following comes from Hexagram 16, Enthusiasm:
'Enthusiasm naturally means Following.'

Pair

Following is paired and contrasted with Hexagram 18, Corruption.
'Following has no causes. Corruption, and then order.'
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