GATHERING

[killing moon]

Greetings! Seeking community support to interpret a reading.

Context: I'm away from home (in the city I used to live in) and struggling to find the motivation and focus necessary to work. I'm lazy, distracted, procrastinating. I turn to the IChing for direction.

Question #1: "What should I focus on today?"

Answer: 45.1.5.6 GATHERING (And if I'm correct, 45.1.5.6 turns into 21, BITING THROUGH.)

My interpretation: I should commune with people? Perhaps in some sort of religious or spiritual context? Perhaps what I'm doing here—logging back into this forum after over a year—is doing that? Or maybe I should try to reach out to people (or one person of influence, maybe, even though I can't think of one right now) even though they might reject me?

I ask the IChing for clarification.

Question #2: Can you be more specific?

Answer: 27.1.5, NOURISHMENT

Interpretation: I should figure out what it is I need, do what I can (not too much).

I would love to hear your thoughts.

 

[my_key]

Question #1: "What should I focus on today?"

Answer: 45.1.5.6 GATHERING (And if I'm correct, 45.1.5.6 turns into 21, BITING THROUGH.)

45 meaning 'assembling them'
21 meaning ' joining in the sacred meal'

nuclear 53 gradual progress

Your focus, perhaps for the next few days, weeks or months, needs to be based in nurturing disciplines and ways that you can bring more of what you need into your life (21), as enjoyment and meaning have become strangers to you that you need to become reacquainted with (45). Your challenge is accepting that life can be mundane and to be able to accomodate this, through using a series of small steps, as you rekindle your investment in life (53).

Question #2: Can you be more specific?

Answer: 27.1.5, NOURISHMENT

27 meaning 'correcting the source of nourishment'
20 meaning 'seeing the patterns'

nuclear 2 Earth / Open

To be specific focus most of your attention on recognising the patterns, actions, activities, behaviours, words etc (22) that help most in feeding you and start by doing more of these. Similarly, look for themes in what keeps you stuck or makes you feel more stuck and do less of these things (27).Your struggle will be how open you are to engaging with the patterns you begin to see and the beneficial qualities that doing more (or less) of these patterns can bring to you. (2) Start small and progress from there. The sense is this is long journey you are about to engage with.

..or it may be nothing like this at all.
Good Luck

 

[killing moon]

45 meaning 'assembling them'
21 meaning ' joining in the sacred meal'

nuclear 53 gradual progress

Your focus, perhaps for the next few days, weeks or months, needs to be based in nurturing disciplines and ways that you can bring more of what you need into your life (21), as enjoyment and meaning have become strangers to you that you need to become reacquainted with (45). Your challenge is accepting that life can be mundane and to be able to accomodate this, through using a series of small steps, as you rekindle your investment in life (53).

27 meaning 'correcting the source of nourishment'
20 meaning 'seeing the patterns'

nuclear 2 Earth / Open

To be specific focus most of your attention on recognising the patterns, actions, activities, behaviours, words etc (22) that help most in feeding you and start by doing more of these. Similarly, look for themes in what keeps you stuck or makes you feel more stuck and do less of these things (27).Your struggle will be how open you are to engaging with the patterns you begin to see and the beneficial qualities that doing more (or less) of these patterns can bring to you. (2) Start small and progress from there. The sense is this is long journey you are about to engage with.

..or it may be nothing like this at all.
Good Luck

Thank you so much for your thoughtful response, @my_key. What you said does ring true to me.