Greetings,
Many thanks to Hilary as always for such a useful, active forum with so many great contributors. I have spent much of today reading up on the elusive Hexagram 22 which has been popping up a lot lately. In the past few months I have grown very attracted to a man whom I see rather infrequently. I do have the chance to "bump into" him this weekend but it involves going to a place where I feel a bit uncomfortable so I asked: "What will be the effect of going to "X" place this weekend?
Response: 22.5>37
Wu: He adorns himself with ragged cloth in a hillside garden. He appears parsimonious, but will have good fortune in the end.
Interesting answer because I had planned on dressing up a bit (which is rare for me) if I did go. Not sure if this answer implies that I should purposely "beautify" myself or do the opposite and just be simple and modest in appearance. For what it is worth Hexagram 22 has come up in several questions regarding this same man. My apparel notwithstanding am I correct in assuming that Yi is encouraging me to go to "X" place this weekend? There is mention of "humiliation" and "distress" in a number of translations of 22.5 but the travail seems to result in an auspicious ending.
Liu: Humiliation, then good fortune.
Honestly, I've had a lot of humiliation and distress in the past 6 months - and I'd love to avoid more - but I also don't want to live like a coward. Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this 22.5 reading. 22 probably confuses me more than any other hexagram.
P.S. Just for frame of reference I also asked "What will be the effect of my not going to "X" place this weekend?" and received the daunting 13.1.2.5.6>32 in response.
Many thanks to Hilary as always for such a useful, active forum with so many great contributors. I have spent much of today reading up on the elusive Hexagram 22 which has been popping up a lot lately. In the past few months I have grown very attracted to a man whom I see rather infrequently. I do have the chance to "bump into" him this weekend but it involves going to a place where I feel a bit uncomfortable so I asked: "What will be the effect of going to "X" place this weekend?
Response: 22.5>37
Quote:
Wu: He adorns himself with ragged cloth in a hillside garden. He appears parsimonious, but will have good fortune in the end.
Quote:
Liu: Humiliation, then good fortune.
P.S. Just for frame of reference I also asked "What will be the effect of my not going to "X" place this weekend?" and received the daunting 13.1.2.5.6>32 in response.