Hello, I asked the I Ching about a path I've been trying to take in my career and I got 39.1.2.3.4.5 to 54. The lines seem to contradict each other, but I have a feeling that the message is "try with all your strength and you will succeed... eventually". What do you think about it?

I teach/counsel/coach people on meditation and other spiritual matters. I asked how best to help people and got (all translations by Legge) Hexagram 36.1 Clouded Perception > Hexagram 5 Temperance .1: " The first line, dynamic, shows its subject with clouded perception, flying, but with...

I need to have some elective surgery done and two possible slots are open for me. One is in early December and one is in January. This is not life-threatening in anyway, but it will be fairly intensive as it involves my jaw. I asked: "Would it be best for me to have my surgery in December or...

Hello all, I have never consulted I Ching, I used the coin method (3 quarters). I am faced with the decision of staying in my current location or to move back to my previous locale. I am here primarily to pursue my goals in music because this is the hub of creativity in my state. However, I am...

I have been using the I CHING for many years now and have been reading the answers here on this website. The question that I just posted was this... Why does one of my male co-workers follow me around? The answer was hexagram 39.1.4.6 changing to hexagram 13 AND I also did a follow up...

Hi everyone, Lately i've been so tired, having naps for 5 hours then waking up. Its oversleeping and I'm not sure why. My diet is fairly good and i wake up at about 7am each morning during the week for college, but when i get home, invariably i'll fall asleep for a bit. It causes me to wake...

As many of you may know from my previous posts, my beloved friend (and ex) have a series of long term issues with which I've been trying to resolve for some time. The fact that there is a depth of karmic love of some kind there is indisputable to me. Given our circumstances and history, I...

It looks as if this year is bent on being a shaker-upper. Things were finally back on track with my fragile 8-year relationship after our worst crisis ever; I felt we had re-established our strong connection and were slowly building back trust. Then my partner left for a 5-week business trip, I...

39. Chien / Obstruction -- -- ----- above K'AN THE ABYSMAL, WATER -- -- ----- -- -- below KEN KEEPING STILL, MOUNTAIN -- -- The hexagram pictures a dangerous abyss lying before us and a steep, inaccessible mountain rising up behind us. We are sur- rounded with obstacles; at the same...