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[ginny57]

hey everyone! new to this community but have been using the i ching since I was a teenager, slowly coming over the years to respect its ability to provide new perspective and insight - I'm sure I don't need to explain this to anyone! However, a reading I did last night has me stumped. I just spent much of the weekend with a colleague from work, someone I've been chatty and flirty with for months, and it all went a bit further. We're now back at work tho I haven't seen him. We clearly care for each other tho we're both not sure if a relationship is on the cards. I asked the I Ching for insight partly into what these new developments might mean, but mostly into how I felt about them and what I might need to do. In the past I've always been able to understand after thinking a little while about what the i Ching is trying to tell me, but this one has me stumped. I've thrown 1 - the Creative - into 13 - Fellowship. It's the 1 that's throwing me. it seems awfully abstract and powerful, both of which seem at odds with the slightly ambiguous nature of what (I thought) is going on. what is going on. Any thoughts? I love the depth of the discussons that have happened here in the past - any similar insights more than welcome!

[willowfox]

Line 1.2 says that you are in the door here, the relationship is starting to take shape but you need to go and see him and discuss what the next step is going to be as he is the one you depend upon to make this happen.

[diamanda]

Hi ginny,

1 - something good and strong
1:2 - has started appearing and forming
13 - start going out together so as to get to know each other.
(in this case, about 1, look up tarot ace of wands, i think it's relevant)

good luck!

[ginny57]

Interesting - thank you both! Just as I was deciding that 1 was actually about believing in yourself and feeling the power of that - the strength that comes from being honest and thinking, perhaps this isn't actually what i want. And going to 13 as an indication of the importance of fellowship and shared beliefs and goals, and not compromising that being the most important thing. But perhaps I am completely wrong!

This is what I love love love about the i ching - whatever happens it always gives you a new way to think about things. Thanks for replying guys, I really appreciate it!