Hex 54.3.4 Unemployed time

[MrFauno]

Hello. I have ask advice to the Yi twice and in the second question I get 54.3.4. My question was about my work issue.
I am 28 years and in a country with a strong recession. I am currently unemployed, finishing a degree that I like in theory, but in practice (I have been able to work for a while) it disappoints me and makes me feel without possibilities for the future. I'm about to graduate as a history teacher next year. The problem is that to pay the rent I had to ask to my parents sending me money and honestly it is costing them a lot and I am going for the third month without getting a job and without many alternatives other than doing small and sporadic errands while I live as a parasite of my parents, who are the ones who contribute the most money.

So I asked Yi "What do I have to do to get a decent job?" He replied with 22 UC. It was hard for me to understand what he was telling me, so I asked again with more precision.

"Do I have to give up my needs to get a decent job?" Yi responded with 54.3.4 which changes to hex 11. I can't understand what he is telling me, it is very confusing and I want to believe that Yi is not advising me to live unworthily on my parents' income. If anyone can help me understand, I'd really appreciate it.

 

[Matali]

Hello,
What do you mean by "give up my needs" ?

 

[Trojina]

So I asked Yi "What do I have to do to get a decent job?" He replied with 22 UC. It was hard for me to understand what he was telling me, so I asked again with more precision.

Could be like re-package yourself or 're-brand' yourself that is you have to showcase your abilities so they are easy to see. All kinds of promotion and advertising will be part of the whole 22 scene.

You're still studying so it isn't possible to get a full time job yet is it? But to make part time money more easily and so on work on how you are presenting/selling/packaging yourself, typical CV/resume type work

When you write down all your experience for example it will probably look more impressive than you yourself think of it.

So as a straight answer 22 here is maybe asking you to look in the mirror literally and figuratively and decide how your image and the information you present about yourself sells you to employers. And remember in doing this kind of thing a bit of illusion is okay, you don't need to be so scrupulously honest about the time you did nothing or the time you got sacked ...or whatever, it's okay to dress it up a bit, it's okay to dress you up a bit and 'become the part' you want to play. Obviously you'll tailor that to the kind of work you want. You could have some fun with this because it involves a bit of acting. Job interviews are places to perform as an actor would, the costume, the persona you adapt to what fits. Also 22uc here might be asking you to lighten up a bit, Yi could be saying this needn't feel so heavy.

When you are a history teacher you will also be a performer. You will be bringing the past to life in a vivid way for young people. Are you good at presenting yourself in front of people? Maybe you could find work where you are 'on show' more, which will increase your confidence. Like for example being a guide doing tours at old houses and so on.

Here is a thread on 22uc experiences that may give you more ideas

Your Experiences with Unchanging Castings - Hexagram 22

There was a long thread on 22 here http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/friends/showthread.php?14838-Question-on-22 in CC where I got some good feedback discussing my bizarre 22 answers, and 22uc in particular. I had noticed 22 uc coming up for pretty odd, almost 'tableaux' type scenarios where...

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I am currently unemployed, finishing a degree that I like in theory, but in practice (I have been able to work for a while) it disappoints me and makes me feel without possibilities for the future.

You're not unemployed you are a full time student and you graduate next year. That's your job. The final year is hard work, this isn't really the time to be worrying so much you don't have a 'proper' job is it since your proper job right now is studying

I'm about to graduate as a history teacher next year. The problem is that to pay the rent I had to ask to my parents sending me money and honestly it is costing them a lot and I am going for the third month without getting a job and without many alternatives other than doing small and sporadic errands while I live as a parasite of my parents, who are the ones who contribute the most money.

So next year is a big year, you graduate. My view is perhaps you need not feel quite so bad about your parents sending money since many parents buy their adult kids houses/leave them money/buy them cars. Your parents are supporting you so you can graduate aren't they, I doubt they'd want you to leave now would they? Especially as you want to work to support yourself.

"Do I have to give up my needs to get a decent job?" Yi responded with 54.3.4 which changes to hex 11. I can't understand what he is telling me, it is very confusing and I want to believe that Yi is not advising me to live unworthily on my parents' income. If anyone can help me understand, I'd really appreciate it.

Not sure what you mean by 'my needs' here? Graduating next year will hopefully get you a decent job, that's what you've been working for right? Studying is work.

The question is worded in a complex way so it is hard to apply the answer. In 54 one's own wishes become secondary to outer demands or circumstances though not always in a bad way. Then you have the 2 change lines in the middle which say to me that in time you will get what you want (54.4) even if progress seems minimal(54.3) 11 of course is the big wave of time that carries us forward with events and change. I'd say this looks very much like that quote 'Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans' (John Lennon).

But I don't think this is saying you have to give up needs it's just it's slower progress than you'd like perhaps. Also 54.4 is a bit of a warning not to settle for too little too soon, keep on looking for what you see as better/what you want.

 

[MrFauno]

hello, thank you for answering me and helping me understand this mess. First I will clear up the mess of my question. when I ask about my needs it is due to my experience as a teacher from October 2021 to June 2022. I live in Argentina, I took a job as an integrative teacher in the middle of the pandemic and I had to travel 5 hours every day, 2:30 to go, 2:30 to return, I made a lot of effort and even so the pay was so bad that in order to support myself I had to stop eating lunch 3 days a week. My father helped me financially throughout the period, but it was not free and I decided not to ask him for more money. When I talk about giving up my needs, I talk about everything I had to rescind to not only get a job, but to sustain it, as I traveled a lot I had to leave some subjects of my career for later, I couldn't connect to the zoom or to the meet in the train. Although the internet signal was bad on the train I tried, the situation ended with 4 teenagers beating me on the floor of the train trying to steal my phone. I fit it in well, as much as possible, but I understood that I had to give up taking those subjects, subjects I need to graduate, if I wanted to get to and from work healthy. When I asked Yi about giving up my needs, I was asking if I would ever have to do something like that again.

It is curious that they tell me about being an actor, I trained in theater from a very young age, I did 9 years of uninterrupted theater and when I began to study history I moved away. A few hours before consulting Yi with the first question, the one that resulted in 22 UC, I decided that I was no longer going to have preferences about the job I could look for and I wanted to bring my acting training out of the closet and started signing up with acting agencies. casting, not because I have faith in that area, the competition there is a lot and very aggressive, it was rather a desperate attempt to expand my possibilities, so desperate was it that I found myself enabling the option that I would accept to work naked or with pornographic scenes. I started looking for extra roles and as you can see I ended up saying yes to everything I saw. Maybe Yi was telling me with the 22 that I was getting closer to something that could work, or maybe he was telling me that I should have chosen better the photos I sent to the castings.

I still don't understand very well what Yi meant with 54.3.4... I am well aware that graduating does not mean an automatic job, my whole family is teachers and the system here works by points, as soon as you graduate you get 25 points, but in general, only those who have a minimum of 38 have access to positions. The score is obtained by working and earning 10 years of seniority, only 1 point is added, if you cannot choose to take annual courses that add 3 points and are usually paid. If I want to access a teaching job with 25 points, I would have to go to less populated areas, such as Tierra del Fuego, which would not only mean exiling me from all my circles, but it would be too expensive to move more than 800 km. Perhaps the subdued maiden of '54 tells me that I will have to continue for a few years without being able to access a real job as a teacher or that I will have no other option than to travel and settle in unknown territories (if this happens I don't know where I'm going to get the money, but I understand that I will find a way) Thanks again and forgive my lousy wording in English, I was using the google translator to write all this.

 

[rosada]

54.3 "The marrying maiden marries as a concubine."
Would there be opportunities for you to work as a substitute teacher or as an assistant? Or possibly a side job that may not be in your chosen field but does give you some money.

54.4 "A late marriage comes in due course."
Eventually you get an appropriate job.

So as an answer to your question, "Will I have to give up my needs?" I don't think you will. I think you will be able to get some sort of work that gives you a bit more income and eventually you get work in your field.

 

[MrFauno]

Thanks Rosada and Trojina. I'm not the best interpreter with the Yi and I haven't been reading it for so many years either, but I think hexagram 54 is one of the most difficult to understand that I've come across. Im feeling with more hopes now, maybe I have to learn to perceive the grace first.

 

[Trojina]

When I talk about giving up my needs, I talk about everything I had to rescind to not only get a job, but to sustain it, as I traveled a lot I had to leave some subjects of my career for later, I couldn't connect to the zoom or to the meet in the train. Although the internet signal was bad on the train I tried, the situation ended with 4 teenagers beating me on the floor of the train trying to steal my phone. I fit it in well, as much as possible, but I understood that I had to give up taking those subjects, subjects I need to graduate, if I wanted to get to and from work healthy. When I asked Yi about giving up my needs, I was asking if I would ever have to do something like that again.

Sorry to hear of all these difficulties. You went through a great deal of hardship just to get enough money and even then you couldn't afford to eat. You want to know if you have to go through that again. I'll try to take the answer quite literally

The lines
54.3
Some translations like Wilhelm's below use the term 'slave' and what you've described does sound a bit like slavery.

'The marrying maiden as a slave.
She marries as a concubine.'

So she has made progress, she is no longer a slave she becomes a wife.

Hilary's translation

'Maiden marries as a waiting maid,
Turns round and marries as second wife.'

You are in the role of the maiden, that is someone without power at this time that needs to marry into something bigger than you to progress - that can be a workplace/career/actual marriage etc It's not a huge progression for her BUT she is no longer a slave.

So in answer to whether you will be a slave again, which is what you mean really by 'give up my needs' - afterall a slave is allowed no needs - no, you move onto the level up from that, you make some progress. It's not a massive step but it is progress.


54.4
'Marrying maiden overruns the set time.
Delays and marries at the right time.'

This line is saying you're feel or are going to feel you missed the timing to make progress in a certain direction but Yi says that's okay, delaying is okay if you want to hold on for what you really want.

So as a direct answer to your question I don't think you have to be a slave/give your needs up to the extent that you have had to in the past. Also 11 is the relating hexagram here, there is movement in your situation. The two middle lines change giving the change patterns 62 yang pattern/61 yin pattern which shows the question came into being because of a transition you're making, a quest for what is true for you.

It is curious that they tell me about being an actor, I trained in theater from a very young age, I did 9 years of uninterrupted theater and when I began to study history I moved away. A few hours before consulting Yi with the first question, the one that resulted in 22 UC, I decided that I was no longer going to have preferences about the job I could look for and I wanted to bring my acting training out of the closet and started signing up with acting agencies. casting, not because I have faith in that area, the competition there is a lot and very aggressive, it was rather a desperate attempt to expand my possibilities, so desperate was it that I found myself enabling the option that I would accept to work naked or with pornographic scenes. I started looking for extra roles and as you can see I ended up saying yes to everything I saw. Maybe Yi was telling me with the 22 that I was getting closer to something that could work, or maybe he was telling me that I should have chosen better the photos I sent to the castings.

This is curious because while I was writing my first reply to you it was coming to me very strongly that you had some connection to drama and acting. If I take this answer as very direct, 'how to get a proper job?' I think Yi might be pointing to you as an actor or performer of some kind. It's a very tough world to work in I know but I get the sense you are an actor, you are a performer, whether you currently have work or not that's what you are and so of course why not seek work in that direction. Hopefully nothing that compromises your integrity though or doesn't feel right to you. I think 22uc here is really confirming your ideas to bring your acting forward again. That is very much my sense of it.

I still don't understand very well what Yi meant with 54.3.4... I am well aware that graduating does not mean an automatic job, my whole family is teachers and the system here works by points, as soon as you graduate you get 25 points, but in general, only those who have a minimum of 38 have access to positions. The score is obtained by working and earning 10 years of seniority, only 1 point is added, if you cannot choose to take annual courses that add 3 points and are usually paid. If I want to access a teaching job with 25 points, I would have to go to less populated areas, such as Tierra del Fuego, which would not only mean exiling me from all my circles, but it would be too expensive to move more than 800 km. Perhaps the subdued maiden of '54 tells me that I will have to continue for a few years without being able to access a real job as a teacher or that I will have no other option than to travel and settle in unknown territories (if this happens I don't know where I'm going to get the money, but I understand that I will find a way) Thanks again and forgive my lousy wording in English, I was using the google translator to write all this.

Most often I don't take Yi's replies as hard predictions of what will happen - it is more like it's opening a door for you to get a wider view on your situation. I think I understand the 54.3.4>11 better now you explained and agree basically with Rosada.

But most actors have to do many other jobs to keep don't they. I guess you have to focus on your study to be a history teacher but it's also very good you are trying to get parts as an actor. But don't do anything you really don't like to, in 54.4 the maiden doesn't sell herself short even if she has to wait a bit longer.


I know your situation is more complex than I understand well but from these readings to summarize - even while you may be in subordinate positions not quite of your choosing (54) you won't be a slave, you step up from that (54.3) and you keep your wishes and long term goals in mind (54.4) and you are in a sense swept along with this, 11 is like the ride of life.


22uc be all the actor you can be, put yourself out there, present yourself with flair and confidence. I think this is something you could find a role in one day. Project yourself, show your achievements in this area.

 

[Matali]

54.3.4 – 11: I see this casting as a choice to be made and a advice from Yi not to get you wrong with a situation/collaboration/relationship in which you feel like you are forcing things and not being in your place (line 3).
On the other hand, line 4 tells you that you will find what you are looking for with patience.
Context 11 is favorable if you let "the great" come and let "the small " go. Like a good timing to follow in front of all the choices of life. Choose well...

 

[MrFauno]

Thanks to all of you, maybe my financial situation didn't improve overnight, but my state of mind did, and it is partly thanks to the help you gave me to understand Yi's messages. I'll come back to this post later when things have changed, so I can tell my experience in full and help anyone looking to interpret this hexagram sequence.

I doubt that the acting career is the way out, but it is true that there are components of a performance in a class. I have faith that things will come to fruition sooner or later. At the moment I'm still looking for a proper job and I'm preparing for the next exams, I'm getting a lot of support from study groups with classmates, so I think this year is going to be better for my studies than the previous year.

In reference to what Matali tells me, I don't think I'm in a position to identify what is The Great and what is The Small, but if I understand correctly, the Yi is telling me that when the crossroads arrives I will be able to choose well. There are things that escape intellectual foresight and can only be perceived from the sensory, at the right time and in the right place. It does not mean that I am going to sit and wait until "The universe conspires in my favor", on the contrary, I must move but calmly so that the energies and my path can unfold naturally and not in a forced way.
This community is very generous, thank you again, thank you for everything and forgive me for so little.