19.2.5->30 Medical problem

[ichinglover]

Hi!

I have this chronic and poorly diagnosed health problem and I recently ask i ching

"Will it go away on its own (without treatment)?

got 19.2.6

Not sure what it changes to
Not sure what to make out of it.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[heylise]

Hi Ichinglover

Sorry to hear about your problem.

It is extremely difficult to interpret an answer when you ask for a yes or no. But I guess if it really was a no, you'd have gotten 12 as answer, or for a definite yes.. hm.. not sure if any hexagram actually says "yes".

Usually there is a lot in between, things like "yes, if you do this", or "no, if that happens". And I think the answer sits in that between.

19/2,5 changes to 3, and 3 seems as if there is something necessary to start the healing, something is missing. Some reason why healing has a difficult start.

The two lines of 19 talk about nearing with affection, and with generosity. Is there anything your body or soul needs, and which you could find out by listening well to it? Is there too much stress in your life, or too many demands from other people. Both lines seem to point to going back, diminishing, making things more simple, getting back to yourself.

Maybe you could ask what you need to know in order to make this healing process start, or go on.

 

[alexscherr]

Hi ichinglover:

I too am sorry to hear of your health problem. I also agree that your question may need reframing . . . but looking at what the I Ching gave you, it seems that you've got advice on "how should I approach this health problem?" already there.

Your subject line says that you received Hex 19, with moving lines at 2 and 5, but the text of your post says that you had moving lines at 2 and 6 . . . . can you repost with the correct moving lines?

I assumed that you meant 19.2.6, which (if true) would move to 27. To me, 19 seems like a good start on healing: slow progress, but the approach of something positive, desirable, joyous: to me, of health. The moving lines seem to speak of the certainty of a good outcome. There is a sense of 'oversight' in some of my texts, which may mean tending to yourself carefully in order to feel assured of that outcome, but I'm not sure of that.

If you did cast 19.2.6, then 27 talks about nourishment as a key component, and particularly nourishing yourself. I can't tell whether 27 would mean that you should actively seek treatment . . . or whether it means that by tending yourself carefully, taking care of yourself and keeping yourself as healthy as you can, your condition will improve. But 27 does suggest at the least a more conscious and steadfast attention to your own health, whether through formal treatment or through self-care.

Again, if it's 19.2.5, then I'm all wrong! . . . .

Alex

 

[ichinglover]

lise and alex, thank you for your answers...
it is 19.2.6....
it's so frustrating!