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As I'm in the mood for revelations I decided to go for it and, following on from a casting that has more or less convinced me to abandon a sedate and limited job and a regular paycheck for the vast unknown, I've enquired of the Yi:
What will my next career be?
I've heard that the Yi isn't into fortune telling but we really didn't beat about the bush here and I got a very straightforward casting with only one moving line:
Hexagram 27.5 becoming Hexagram 42.
It sounds like sedate wasn't the Yi's idea of a great future and is suggesting something unique, unusual and in some way enriching a la Hexagram 42. Money would be great and I wouldn't throw it away, but it's not the first priority to be honest since I know that cash and stability don't necessarily go hand in hand.
OK, here comes my sedan chair from the prior reading I suppose {23.6 that I posted a couple days ago]. But what model sedan? What does "rejecting the standard" really mean? What kind of career could this point to?
its just going about getting a living in the less recognisedly 'normal ways'. That could be anything from gambling to writing a book to living in a yurt and eating wild rabbits.
It doesn't point to a type of career only to the fact you don't go the accepted 'normal' way in terms of what your society/cultures norms are. Its pretty general IMO
Hi T, was just wondering where you are these days. My take on 27.5 is much like yours, so nice to have that confirmed. To me the casting says something about a new career being highly unconventional, which certainly rules out a number of professions but doesn't entirely narrow the field, as you say.
Hmmm.....Seems to be a lot about yurts lately in interpretations of the castings I've done. Maybe Mongolia is in the picture.
I'm actually in the throes of starting a book just now. It will be the third I've written and from what I know, not the easiest way to make a living. The first I'd ghost-written and was reasonably well paid. The second one was co-published and I got royally cheated. So, live and learn. This one is fictional and both of the others were non-fiction -- so an entirely new experience and I'm still trying to find the right voice. We shall see whether I can pull it off -- or not.
BTW I hate the taste of squirrels, rabbits, deer, and any other wild stuff, so I hope whatever happens about work that there is something else to look forward to on the menu!
As with all answers in Yi tune it down about 75% and you are nearer the mark. This doesn't have to mean anything highly unconventional. I've had it simply for going about things slightly differently or outside of what is usual good sense which can include getting by on credit cards or living off car boot sale proceeds or not making any money at all but selling ones house and living on the money. 27 is often highly practical, about where the next income comes from. In your shoes I'd be open to it coming any old way...even not from a 'career' at all. Afterall a career or job is where money usually comes from and 27.5 shows it not coming in the usual ways so I think I'd even question getting a main income from these usual ways
I think because Yis answers are dramatic we can over emphasise them...we need to scale them down to the question. For example often people here predict 51 as this massive shock coming when it isn't at all...I think in general one can see in hindsight answers would have made alot more sense if we hadn't given them epic proportions
I have been asking this before: how much does the querent's state of mind influence the Yi's reply? This comes into play here. I will tell you what I mean as I go on and as I attempt to bring different elements of the conversation together....
You said you wanted revelations... I think you got one, and I can show you how I got to the read that I had for the Yi's response if you would like on another post.
The practical aspect that Trojan refers to about 27 is representative of the natural dialectic when such a question as do I keep my day job/steady paycheck come up. What I have noticed is that the answer to this question is solely dependent on each individual's comfort zone and so maybe, too, this is reflected in our various interpretations...I don't know. I am throwing that out there.
27 is very practical -- getting nourishment, in this context could be about putting food on the table and the way you are going to do it...I think that is what Trojan is being mindful of.
For me, I was thinking of a higher order of nourishment---the feeding of the soul. The reason why I read Yi's reply this way was, in part, because of your mood at the time of your inquiry and of the intention behind your question. As much as the question was about career direction, it seemed that your question was in a way asking the Yi permission to leave behind the "9 to 5" and do what you really want to do in life. That is why I made that joke about turning to the Yi to "beg" guidance which is a play on Wilhel'm's translation of line 5 (see below). If you take apart my read, I merely took Wilhelm's work and parsed it together based on your question.
The other reason why I saw this is a more inspirational rather than practical response from Yi is because it went to 42, Increase. I mentally took the took hexes and put them together "Increase" "Nourishment" or "Getting Fed." This seemed to fit in a bit neater...
The truth is, who cares what the Yi says. You know what to do. You know why you want to do it. It is very interesting though when you read Wilhelm's description of line 5 how much it seems to mirror your desire for an adventure.
Again, your state of mind at the time of query overrode all other factors for me, but what Trojan says has merit.
Maybe the best way to bring all of this together is to say: Unconventional work which increases the feeding of the soul and the mouth.
Modest Learner.
Wilhelm line 5:
A man may be conscious of a deficiency in himself. He should be undertaking the nourishment of the people, but he has not the strength to do it. Thus he must turn from his accustomed path and beg counsel and help from a man who is spiritually his superior but undistinguished outwardly. If he maintains this attitude of mind perseveringly, success and good fortune are his.
But he must remain aware of his dependence. He must not put his own person forward nor attempt great labors, such as crossing the great water.
Arabella,
This may be beyond the scope of this forum, but, well it seems this conversation is developing here, so why not? I don't think anyone would object.
There is a poem by Rumi that roughly goes like this "Somewhere there is a field beyond right and wrong. I will meet you there." Here I would substitute your seeming dilemma, "Somewhere there is a field beyond risk and reason. I will meet you there (you meeting yourself)." Practical doesn't mean something not spiritual, right? Neither does risky mean spiritual. So what you are seeking is a practical way to be spiritual. That is the field beyond.
In my experience, the best things come when the heart and the mind are in alignment. Usually, though, there is at least one time when the Universe seems to demand that you jump first, think later. Is this one of them?
My experiencie is that If you admit the heart's truth on the inside--I want some adventure, I want to live in a new way, I want to make money while following my heart's desire, the mind will get convinced and conspire with the Universe to retrieve answers... This is the "Seek and ye shall find. Knock and the door shall be opened unto you."
You have nothing to lose right? So how can you get to the field beyond risk and reason? Perhaps the way the Yi can help is to ask something like: what can I do to know what I really want in this matter? or what method can i use to help me know? or...you get the idea. The question needs work, but you might find that you can use the Yi to divest yourself of fears, reveal your true desires. Though Trojan is right, Yi is very simple, direct, I have found a lot of profundity or we wouldn't all be spending hours of our precious lives writing and sharing about it. We would get our answer and go!
Modest Learner.
I've just been reading through this thread and I must apologise to Trojan, who was trying to help with an honest opinion and I sound like quite a twit here. Sorry T., I am trying to give myself a pep talk and pull together some sense of self-inspiration -- but went a bit too far with the self-affirmations at your expense. Sorry!!
XO Arabella
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