Andy, my beloved shelter pet is almost comatose this morning, not eating, slinking to the back of his closet. I've had him 8 years, he might have been as old as 2 when I got him. He basically stays inside except for brief forays into the yard. So snowy here, he's back within 5 minutes. We did have an incident of poisoning about 9 months ago when he rolled around in pollen from a lily bouquet my well-meaning son sent me. I had him flooded with subcutaneous fluid at emergency vet and he made a turnaround. He'd lost 1/4 of his body weight, put it back on fairly soon when I switched to very expensive Farmina crunchies. He loves their "wild boar and apple" variety.
I have noticed a diminishing interest in food the past couple of days and today, no interest whatsoever, his energy is very low, which is unusual for the Macho Master of My Domain. . He is drinking water, then pussyfooting back to the closet.
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Lise:Hexagram 18, GŬ,
Can o' worms
Decay. Eminent - expansion. Harvest wading the great river. Before Jia three days, after Jia three days.
The great image says: "At the foot of the mountain the wind blows: decay. The noble one inspires the people to raise virtue.
"Everybody has alien influences embedded in his soul. Many are hidden; one does not even know they exist. It seems as if they are part of the personality. Especially those one collected in childhood. "
Changes to:
Hexagram 4.
Méng
Not knowing
Ignorance, expansion
Not me seeking the young and ignorant
the young and ignorant seeking me
The first oracle-consulting is informing
two or three times: confusing
Confusing and therefore not informing
Harvest: determination
The great image says:
At the foot of the mountain a spring wells up: Ignorance
A noble one nurtures virtue by reliable conduct
Mountain
Water
" One has to care for the ignorant, the formless. It still has unlimited possibilities. Without it, life would die away by lack of renewal.
" Blessed are those who have something of this in their mind, how little it may be.
"And listen carefully to those who speak from out this unborn thing. They are the true sages. Lao-Tze said: I am ignorant, like a baby that has never yet laughed ...the people are bright, bright, I alone am dumb, dumb. (DaoDeJing verse 20)."
Here's the part that may or may not hit the nail on the head, so to speak:
"Méng: a pig SHI3 (3), covered MI2 or MAO4 (2) with or by plants CAO3 (1). On OB there is no grass radical. According to Wang HongYuan: hunters disguised in animal skins. It seems the pig might not be a pig, but another animal, maybe a tiger. The two images resemble each other and are easily confused. "
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Seems very explicit that tigers (cats) and pigs (wild boar) are associated here. I'm thinking that Andy's very expensive wild boar crunchies might be causing his listlessness. Perhaps that "Can o'Worms might be exactly what he has. Don't think so, but who knows?
Your interpretations most appreciated. Thanks so much.
I have noticed a diminishing interest in food the past couple of days and today, no interest whatsoever, his energy is very low, which is unusual for the Macho Master of My Domain. . He is drinking water, then pussyfooting back to the closet.
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Lise:Hexagram 18, GŬ,
Can o' worms
Decay. Eminent - expansion. Harvest wading the great river. Before Jia three days, after Jia three days.
The great image says: "At the foot of the mountain the wind blows: decay. The noble one inspires the people to raise virtue.
"Everybody has alien influences embedded in his soul. Many are hidden; one does not even know they exist. It seems as if they are part of the personality. Especially those one collected in childhood. "
Changes to:
Hexagram 4.
Méng
Not knowing
Ignorance, expansion
Not me seeking the young and ignorant
the young and ignorant seeking me
The first oracle-consulting is informing
two or three times: confusing
Confusing and therefore not informing
Harvest: determination
The great image says:
At the foot of the mountain a spring wells up: Ignorance
A noble one nurtures virtue by reliable conduct
Mountain
Water
" One has to care for the ignorant, the formless. It still has unlimited possibilities. Without it, life would die away by lack of renewal.
" Blessed are those who have something of this in their mind, how little it may be.
"And listen carefully to those who speak from out this unborn thing. They are the true sages. Lao-Tze said: I am ignorant, like a baby that has never yet laughed ...the people are bright, bright, I alone am dumb, dumb. (DaoDeJing verse 20)."
Here's the part that may or may not hit the nail on the head, so to speak:
"Méng: a pig SHI3 (3), covered MI2 or MAO4 (2) with or by plants CAO3 (1). On OB there is no grass radical. According to Wang HongYuan: hunters disguised in animal skins. It seems the pig might not be a pig, but another animal, maybe a tiger. The two images resemble each other and are easily confused. "
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Seems very explicit that tigers (cats) and pigs (wild boar) are associated here. I'm thinking that Andy's very expensive wild boar crunchies might be causing his listlessness. Perhaps that "Can o'Worms might be exactly what he has. Don't think so, but who knows?
Your interpretations most appreciated. Thanks so much.