I did three readings this week and think that will be enough for right now... They all seem so ominous to me.
Most recently, I asked Yi to give me insight into my living situation, specifically with my new (possibly temporary) roommate in the city I just moved to 2 weeks ago. I drew 48.2 > 39.
The Well. Moving the city, not moving the well.
‘Limping. Fruitful in the southwest,
Not fruitful in the northeast.
I moved to a city in the north from the southwest, and the area code of my hometown is in order in the numbers of the hexagrams. Seeing these numbers gave me a little shock and they feel meaningful. The image of the cracked jug doesn't seem to be giving me an action. Is this reading advising me to go home? Did I make a bad choice moving here? I felt that I was in a deep rut there and want to experience something different.
Another question I asked this week was, "How would this job affect my life?" I've been called for an interview on Thursday and am not necessarily excited by this particular job, but I need to start working. Is this a poorly worded question? The resulting hexagram was 33.4.5>52. Now I am wondering if I'm being advised to retreat from this possible job opportunity or if the affect of this job would be a type of retreat from...maybe distraction?
I'm starting to think I am not practiced enough to ask the I Ching questions. All this in conjunction with my very first question "What do I need to know now?" resulting in 36.3>24... I'm overwhelmed, especially because it all seems so ominous and I'm in such a transitional, uncertain time. The names of all the hexagrams seem to have a relationship to each other too (Brightness Hidden, Returning, Retreat, Stilling,The Well, Limping). I'm asking for insight into my readings but also maybe some advice on how to be better at interpreting them? Should I stop asking questions for awhile?
Most recently, I asked Yi to give me insight into my living situation, specifically with my new (possibly temporary) roommate in the city I just moved to 2 weeks ago. I drew 48.2 > 39.
The Well. Moving the city, not moving the well.
‘Limping. Fruitful in the southwest,
Not fruitful in the northeast.
I moved to a city in the north from the southwest, and the area code of my hometown is in order in the numbers of the hexagrams. Seeing these numbers gave me a little shock and they feel meaningful. The image of the cracked jug doesn't seem to be giving me an action. Is this reading advising me to go home? Did I make a bad choice moving here? I felt that I was in a deep rut there and want to experience something different.
Another question I asked this week was, "How would this job affect my life?" I've been called for an interview on Thursday and am not necessarily excited by this particular job, but I need to start working. Is this a poorly worded question? The resulting hexagram was 33.4.5>52. Now I am wondering if I'm being advised to retreat from this possible job opportunity or if the affect of this job would be a type of retreat from...maybe distraction?
I'm starting to think I am not practiced enough to ask the I Ching questions. All this in conjunction with my very first question "What do I need to know now?" resulting in 36.3>24... I'm overwhelmed, especially because it all seems so ominous and I'm in such a transitional, uncertain time. The names of all the hexagrams seem to have a relationship to each other too (Brightness Hidden, Returning, Retreat, Stilling,The Well, Limping). I'm asking for insight into my readings but also maybe some advice on how to be better at interpreting them? Should I stop asking questions for awhile?