Moving residence

[tenzen]

I have a problem, I consult the i-ching and get the answer primary hexagon 7 shih/The army. Changed in the 4th line, saying, the army retreats no blame. And relating hexagram 40 hsieh/Deliverance.
please help.

[hilary]

Hello Tenzen, and welcome http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/i_ching_discussion/clipart/happy.gif

I would like to help - but please could you tell us what question you asked the I Ching? It sounds as if it was suggesting relaxing a bit, not going after your goals quite so single-mindedly... but it would help to know more of what this is about!

Thanks!

[pocossin]

Hello Tenzen,

Question: A problem about moving.
7: 4 = 40.

Hexagram Army concerns the mobilization of an expeditionary force to repel invasion. Perhaps your move is compelled by external pressures, perhaps a security issue. Since there is a problem in changing residence, scout where you are moving so that you do not fall into a trap.

The Army seeks to recover what has been lost.

Yielding in the fourth line permits the army to regroup and assume a defensive position. A strategic withdrawal can make the best of a bad situation. Even if you are temporarily yielding to the wishes of others, you should keep your ultimate destination in view, because life is a series of shifting positions.

The Deliverance in hexagram 40 is like graduation from school. It is the advance that occurs after trial. You are likely to find a resolution to your problem by bringing to completion something you have struggled with for some time.

The Judgment says:

Deliverance. The southwest furthers.
If there is no longer anything where one has to go,
Return brings good fortune.
If there is still something where one has to go,
Hastening brings good fortune.

I take this to mean, "Finish up quickly."

Pack well, and good luck on whatever move you make,
-Tom

[tenzen]

Hello Hilary,
I asked I Ching should I move to Quantock Road??


thank you very much.

tenzen

[tenzen]

Hi Tom,

thank you very much.


tenzen

[hilary]

Hi Tenzen,

To start at the end... Hexagram 40 cuts things down to the essentials, and maybe also opens the question out further. (Do you need to move at all?) Its deceptively simple Judgement basically means that you have to decide for yourself whether there is any future in the move or not. Does it actually lead somewhere you want to go? Can you see your way clearly through this move to your chosen destination? If so, move, promptly. If it doesn't lead anywhere, don't do it.

Sometimes that statement by itself is enough to show you which way to go. Sometimes it is just frustrating: the whole point of asking is that you're being pulled in different directions and don't know which is the right one! This hexagram says that you do know - but you need Release first. The strings tugging you in various directions have to be untied. (The Daxiang (Symbol) points to forgiveness - and just not tangling people in excessive rules - as one way of untying.)

Another point about this hexagram: 'harvest in the southwest'. Once in a blue moon this will actually mean that moving southwest is literally better - I don't know whether this applies for you? But it is almost bound to mean that it's better to move nearer to your friends and the people you work with. Any move should make life simpler and easier, and hence more productive.

Hexagram 7 suggests that the whole question of moving is like a military campaign: mustering your resources, getting seriously organised, taking charge of your life... You're like the leader who must start out by accepting whatever resources are available, rejecting nothing, so that he can introduce some order and get things done.

So it's about getting organised to make progress... and it's about untying knots so that you can see whether there is really any future in the move. Unsurprisingly, maybe, this is therefore not the time for just marching on regardless.
'The army encamped on the left. Not a mistake.'
Give your forces a rest, time to regroup. How urgent is the move, really? Is there some way you can take the pressure off for a while? Give yourself time, and I think you'll find the clarity of Hexagram 40, and be able to see for yourself whether the move really fits with what you want for yourself.

In other words, this doesn't say 'move' or 'don't move': it says 'don't move yet, not until you can see your own way forward.'

Hm - first I wrote this reading, then I looked at Tom's, and find it's excellent. Tenzen, over to you! If you can give yourself more time to decide, it definitely can't hurt. If you're forced into the move, and it feels like falling back under pressure, then not to worry - it can be just a temporary camp on your way to the real destination.

I hope this helps! Do let us know what happens and what you decide.