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Amaterasu
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Hello all,
It’s been a while since I’ve been active with this site, but I’m wondering if anyone can add any insight to a recent reading of mine.
Some backstory: I’m a freelancer who has been able to make ends meet and juggle life as a mother with part-time piecework over the past half-decade or so. However, with the current state of the economy, I’ve taken a big hit this year. I’ve considered trying to find a full-time job with a company somewhere to make my family’s financial situation more stable, but I’m a bit ambivalent about it. I.e., I’m craving the security that comes with such a job, but I’m also reluctant to give up the flexibility and autonomy of working freelance.
At any rate, a few months ago I took the plunge and applied for a job that I (thought I) was perfectly suited for. Basically, it’s exactly what I did in my last position before I gave up full-time work to be a stay-at-home mom. The application sat in limbo for months, and I finally logged onto the recruitment website to discover that my resume was essentially tossed into the wastebasket, without any notification from the company. On one hand, my ego was a little bruised. (I know it’s just one application, and typically people put in tons of applications only to hear back from one or two, but I was kinda thinking I’d at least get an interview.) However, on the other hand, I’m a bit relieved that this particular road has closed itself off to me, because deep down I don’t want to go back to the corporate grind.
Reflecting on how ambivalent I feel about this and why, while still considering that I have to make /some/ move to find better financial footing, I asked the iChing about my next step moving forward: “What should I do about finding work?
The answer was Hex 38.3,4,5 to Hex 9.
My take on this is that I’m facing a lot of obstacles (38) to finding work now—freelance or full-time—but I’m currently in a state or Hex 9, where something promising is on the horizon and I just have to wait for the rain to come. (Some interpretations also render this hex as a time of rest or finding humility, so that might simply mean I’m digesting my application rejection and need to learn from it.) But the real confusion for me comes in the lines.
Line3:
In the third line, magnetic, we see one whose carriage is dragged back, while the oxen in it are pushed back, and she is herself subjected to the shaving of her head and the cutting off of her nose. There is no good beginning, but there will be a good end. (Legge)
I think this is talking about my rejected resume and the slap to the ego it gave me, but is telling me not to lose hope despite setbacks.
Line 4:
The fourth line, dynamic, shows its subject solitary amidst the prevailing disunion. But he meets with the good man represented by the first line, and they blend their sincere desires together. The position is one of peril, but there will be no mistake. (Legge)
Ok, here is where the “outside party” references come in. Is this a reference to someone I should be contacting? Like someone in my professional network? Is there a possibility of collaboration here? And what’s the “peril”?
Line 5:
The fifth line, magnetic, shows that to its subject occasion for repentance will disappear. With her relative and minister she unites closely and readily as if she were biting through a piece of skin. When she goes forward with this help, what error can there be? (Legge)
Another reference to an outside party, and I get more confused with this line because some translations refer to this person as “head of the clan” or “relative/ancestor,” yet others as an “ally.” Either way, it seems like someone else helping me to clear the way through the “obstacle(s).” Am I supposed to wait for someone else to make me an offer, or is this again a networking thing? Or am I completely off here and this isn’t a third party at all, but some part of myself that I need to rally to the surface?
Anyway, I’m totally confused on what kind of action I’m supposed to be taking, or if I should wait and see if something promising pops up on the radar. Any thoughts?
It’s been a while since I’ve been active with this site, but I’m wondering if anyone can add any insight to a recent reading of mine.
Some backstory: I’m a freelancer who has been able to make ends meet and juggle life as a mother with part-time piecework over the past half-decade or so. However, with the current state of the economy, I’ve taken a big hit this year. I’ve considered trying to find a full-time job with a company somewhere to make my family’s financial situation more stable, but I’m a bit ambivalent about it. I.e., I’m craving the security that comes with such a job, but I’m also reluctant to give up the flexibility and autonomy of working freelance.
At any rate, a few months ago I took the plunge and applied for a job that I (thought I) was perfectly suited for. Basically, it’s exactly what I did in my last position before I gave up full-time work to be a stay-at-home mom. The application sat in limbo for months, and I finally logged onto the recruitment website to discover that my resume was essentially tossed into the wastebasket, without any notification from the company. On one hand, my ego was a little bruised. (I know it’s just one application, and typically people put in tons of applications only to hear back from one or two, but I was kinda thinking I’d at least get an interview.) However, on the other hand, I’m a bit relieved that this particular road has closed itself off to me, because deep down I don’t want to go back to the corporate grind.
Reflecting on how ambivalent I feel about this and why, while still considering that I have to make /some/ move to find better financial footing, I asked the iChing about my next step moving forward: “What should I do about finding work?
The answer was Hex 38.3,4,5 to Hex 9.
My take on this is that I’m facing a lot of obstacles (38) to finding work now—freelance or full-time—but I’m currently in a state or Hex 9, where something promising is on the horizon and I just have to wait for the rain to come. (Some interpretations also render this hex as a time of rest or finding humility, so that might simply mean I’m digesting my application rejection and need to learn from it.) But the real confusion for me comes in the lines.
Line3:
In the third line, magnetic, we see one whose carriage is dragged back, while the oxen in it are pushed back, and she is herself subjected to the shaving of her head and the cutting off of her nose. There is no good beginning, but there will be a good end. (Legge)
I think this is talking about my rejected resume and the slap to the ego it gave me, but is telling me not to lose hope despite setbacks.
Line 4:
The fourth line, dynamic, shows its subject solitary amidst the prevailing disunion. But he meets with the good man represented by the first line, and they blend their sincere desires together. The position is one of peril, but there will be no mistake. (Legge)
Ok, here is where the “outside party” references come in. Is this a reference to someone I should be contacting? Like someone in my professional network? Is there a possibility of collaboration here? And what’s the “peril”?
Line 5:
The fifth line, magnetic, shows that to its subject occasion for repentance will disappear. With her relative and minister she unites closely and readily as if she were biting through a piece of skin. When she goes forward with this help, what error can there be? (Legge)
Another reference to an outside party, and I get more confused with this line because some translations refer to this person as “head of the clan” or “relative/ancestor,” yet others as an “ally.” Either way, it seems like someone else helping me to clear the way through the “obstacle(s).” Am I supposed to wait for someone else to make me an offer, or is this again a networking thing? Or am I completely off here and this isn’t a third party at all, but some part of myself that I need to rally to the surface?
Anyway, I’m totally confused on what kind of action I’m supposed to be taking, or if I should wait and see if something promising pops up on the radar. Any thoughts?