No changing lines = stagnation?

[annietyme]

I asked to see an image of life with my Suisse & received 35 - Progress with no changing lines.
Does this mean that nothing will change or we will continue to have a progressive relationship?

Thanks, Annie

[pedro]

No lines means basically that the answer is completely described by that single hexagram. No stagnation implied what so ever, in fact it can be better than having changing lines, cause here you know what you can expect (and 35 is very good), while with changing lines there is always a lot of if's and but's
For the meaning of 35 I refer you to the divination discussion where it appears in several threads (just search in the main page)

[gene]

Annietyme

#35 relates to easy natural progress. The sun does not have to work to come up over the horizon. It is natural and in accordance with the time. With no changing lines the basic meaning is progress. This is a very nice hexagram to receive in this situation. I wouldn't worry. Even if nothing changes, if the meaning of the hexagram is good, why does it need to really? Just a thought.

Gene

[annietyme]

Gene & Pedro,

Thanks for your help with this! I understand what both of you are saying. I guess I just took a negative thought & ran with it.
The more I read re: 35 the more I see that it is a positive sign & I really don't want things it to change if it means that our relationship will continue to progress!

Thanks again, Annie

[annietyme]

Gene & Pedro,

Thank you again for all of your help! This are ?progressing? wonderfully right now.

Much care & love, Annie

[val]

Annietyme...

It's not just progress. It's progress in partnership. 46 is progress by one's sheer will and effort. 35 is progress in partnership. It takes two to make progress in 35. There are TWO arrows pointing at the target in the pictograph.

The Wilhelm/Baynes version says it:
An enlightened ruler and an obedient servant -- this is the condition on which great progress depends.

Of course this is a rather Victorian gentleman interpreting ancient Chinese philosophy, so the references expressed by the two cultures must be amended to reflect today's values. It means a partnership where one's strengths complement the other's weaknesses and vice versa. Yours is a partnership where your yin matches his yang, and your yang matches his yin. Yours is a good partnership and you will make progress together.

Cheerio the noo,

Val

[annietyme]

Val,

Thank you sweet victorian gentleman. I appreciate your interpretation greatly!

Take care,
Annie

[val]

Annietyme...

Wilhelm is the rather Victorian gentleman to whom I was referring. He's slightly post-Victorian actually, but I find some of his interpretations regarding women to be rather Victorian. I just take his place and time and the fact he's interpreting ancient Chinese writings into consideration when I read those particular interpretations.

I'm a bleeding-heart liberal and very loving grrrrrrandmama...as of May 9...*grin*

I've been to your blog/journal. I love the way you express yourself.

Cheerio the noo,

Val

[val]

Annietyme...

I just had an afterthought...here's the pictograph for Hex 35 that LiSe so generously provided for the forum users. It's a visual I think you will enjoy. Together, you and your Suisse hit the target...*grin*

http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/I_Ching_community/clipart/hex35.gif

Cheerio the noo,

Val

[annietyme]

Val,

My apologies for the misinterpretation on my part as well as Congratulations on the birth of your first grand child! I myself became an Auntie for the second time (one niece & now one nephew) on the 12th of May.
Thank you for acknowledging that you have read or visited my diary & for the compliment as well. Long live the liberals! *wink*

Annie

[val]

Annietyme...

No apology necessary! I was kind of tickled, and I thought for a moment about Victorian gentlemen. There are some that come to mind immediately as gentlemen I respect, admire, appreciate and enjoy...Oscar Wilde, Henry James and William Butler Yeats (I was moved to illustrate one of his beautiful poems, "He Wishes For the Cloths of Heaven" -- http://home.earthlink.net/~303/treadsoftly.html)

Thank you for the congratulations...*big grin*

Cheerio the noo,

Val

[annietyme]

Val,

That is so beautiful! That would make for a great template on a diary as well! I am a big poetry fan myself... e.e. cummings, R.W Emerson... so many; too many to name.

Keep in touch,

Annie