2024 yearly reading 33uc (plus 64 > 38, 27 > 11, and 15 > 46 as clarifiers)

[floranova]

I'm sorry for putting so many readings into one thread but like many others here I asked about 2024 in a very general way and got 33uc. This reinforces the readings I've been getting about other areas of my life along the lines of "you don't need to *do* anything, sit tight, hang on, rest up in the meantime" which is very difficult advice to take when I've already been stagnating for years. My family is probably starting to think I don't care about my life and that I'm just coasting along.
This prompted me to ask "well if I shouldn't try to accomplish much outwardly, will I at least see some kind of improvement?" To which yi responded with 64.1 > 38. Not what I wanted to see. I think more than anything it's a warning not to get ahead of myself. (The other readings I've been getting have also had an energy of me being prevented from making some kind of poor decision)
Then I got a little frustrated and asked "what is it I need to hold back on? Your advice is going to make me look bad!!!" and got 27.2.3.6 > 11. I get the sense that this one is putting heavy emphasis on rest and healing. I need to take care of myself. I need to work on my mental health issues and build up good habits for my physical health. Ambition is not in my best interest at the moment.
As much as I know deep down that this is true, it's a matter of convincing others. My dad has been supporting me financially and has already expressed exasperation. I asked, "how can I continue focusing on rest and healing without looking like I'm taking my dad's support for granted?" 15.2 > 46. Maybe earnestly letting him know that I am making progress that may not be super externally visible but that it will be in my best interest in the long run? At my age (22) he was also struggling in life but he had my brother and I to take care of so he had no choice but to pull it together and strive for a career, so I worry he'll take on an attitude of "well I did it, why can't you?"
Sorry for the long winded post but this is a very sticky and anxiety inducing topic for me and I need as much advice as I can get. If you've read through this whole post, you're a real one! Thank you in advance

 

[Hans__]

Hi Floranova,

I'm sorry for putting so many readings into one thread but like many others here I asked about 2024 in a very general way and got 33uc. This reinforces the readings I've been getting about other areas of my life along the lines of "you don't need to *do* anything, sit tight, hang on, rest up in the meantime" which is very difficult advice to take when I've already been stagnating for years. My family is probably starting to think I don't care about my life and that I'm just coasting along.

In general, I think H33 does not mean "doing nothing" and "sit tight". It is the hexagram of keeping distance and distancing. It describes the attitude towards lowliness and threats.

...
Thus the superior person keeps petty people at a distance,
Not with anger but with reserve.

H33 is Mountain under Heaven.
Mountain as lower trigram shuts off from outside influences, turns inward, is a strong "I" awareness.
Heaven above are the (spiritual) Laws, it takes charge, it acts powerfully and strongly.
Together, Heaven and Mountain show an image of someone who does not care about what society says "should", but focuses on what is important to him/her. So retreat can also mean the retreat from what others think, society thinks, mentally and emotionally no longer paying attention to it.

This prompted me to ask "well if I shouldn't try to accomplish much outwardly, will I at least see some kind of improvement?" To which yi responded with 64.1 > 38.

H64.1
He gets his tail wet.
Humiliation.

The text of this line refers to both the text of the Judgement and the Image. In particular, the tetxt of the Image advises to Carefully distinguishes things So that everything is in its place.
To cross the great river, it is necessary to have a sound strategy. It can be seen from the text of the 1st line that this advice was not completely followed.

Trigram Water generates Lake by the moving line at the 1st position.
Water is drowning in its own emotions here, it is dominated by fears and insecurities, it lingers in thoughts like "what if this.... and what if that..."
Lake (the Joyful) offers the advice to break this pattern, to be your own source of inspiration. Lake as the lower trigram is also about one's own opinion and self-esteem.
The question here is what the Yi answers, is it the question or the somewhat gloomy interpretation of H33?

Then I got a little frustrated and asked "what is it I need to hold back on? Your advice is going to make me look bad!!!" and got 27.2.3.6 > 11.

In my opinion, the Yi is not answering your question here any more, but rather addressing the "incorrect" interpretation of the previous answers.
H27 is the hexagram of nourishment and feedback, H11 is Peace.
Nourishment/feedback by Peace, a state that you did not have at the time of asking the question as you point out yourself.
The moving lines together form trigram Mountain then turn into Lake. Letting go of the old (Mountain) in order to be open to the joyful (Lake).

Coming back to H33, H33 can thus also mean retreating yourself from negative thoughts and expectations. Perhaps that is the "assignment" for 2024.
Who knows, you could replace the term people in the text of the Image with thoughts and ideas

Thus the superior person keeps petty thought and ideas at a distance,
Not with anger but with reserve.

This would be my interpretation. As always, take what resonates and leave the rest

 

[floranova]

Hi Floranova,

In general, I think H33 does not mean "doing nothing" and "sit tight". It is the hexagram of keeping distance and distancing. It describes the attitude towards lowliness and threats.

H33 is Mountain under Heaven.
Mountain as lower trigram shuts off from outside influences, turns inward, is a strong "I" awareness.
Heaven above are the (spiritual) Laws, it takes charge, it acts powerfully and strongly.
Together, Heaven and Mountain show an image of someone who does not care about what society says "should", but focuses on what is important to him/her. So retreat can also mean the retreat from what others think, society thinks, mentally and emotionally no longer paying attention to it.




The text of this line refers to both the text of the Judgement and the Image. In particular, the tetxt of the Image advises to Carefully distinguishes things So that everything is in its place.
To cross the great river, it is necessary to have a sound strategy. It can be seen from the text of the 1st line that this advice was not completely followed.

Trigram Water generates Lake by the moving line at the 1st position.
Water is drowning in its own emotions here, it is dominated by fears and insecurities, it lingers in thoughts like "what if this.... and what if that..."
Lake (the Joyful) offers the advice to break this pattern, to be your own source of inspiration. Lake as the lower trigram is also about one's own opinion and self-esteem.
The question here is where the Yi answers, is it the question or the somewhat gloomy interpretation of H33?

In my opinion, the Yi is not answering your question here any more, but rather addressing the "incorrect" interpretation of the previous answers.
H27 is the hexagram of nourishment and feedback, H11 is Peace.
Nourishment/feedback by Peace, a state that you did not have at the time of asking the question as you point out yourself.
The moving lines together form trigram Mountain then turn into Lake. Letting go of the old (Mountain) in order to be open to the joyful (Lake).

Coming back to H33, H33 can thus also mean retreating yourself from negative thoughts and expectations. Perhaps that is the "assignment" for 2024.
Who knows, you could replace the term people in the text of the Image with thoughts and ideas


This would be my interpretation. As always, take what resonates and leave the rest

I guess for me, any message that isn't "GO GO GO" reads like "hold your horses" bc of the general tone of the readings I've been getting lol. Your take on it actually makes a lot of sense. Maybe it's also telling me not to engage with triggering situations or that I need to start planning things.

As for the second reading, my self esteem has definitely been very low lately, I had a few situations in 2023 that really made me feel like a failure and an unlovable person, so it could be telling my to distance myself from that mindset and the choices/behaviors that caused them. Sound advice for sure.

I had a feeling the third reading was a bit of a slap on the wrist. I love that yi does that Someone has to, right? No need to shoot the messenger.

Thank you, you've given me a more constructive way to look at these readings.

 

[Hans__]

Maybe it's also telling me not to engage with triggering situations

That's definitely what H33 is about.

 

[my_key]

Hi floranova

I'm sorry for putting so many readings into one thread but like many others here I asked about 2024 in a very general way and got 33uc. This reinforces the readings I've been getting about other areas of my life along the lines of "you don't need to *do* anything, sit tight, hang on, rest up in the meantime" which is very difficult advice to take when I've already been stagnating for years. My family is probably starting to think I don't care about my life and that I'm just coasting along.

Be careful with how you interpret 33. It is not "you don't need to *do* anything, sit tight, hang on, rest up in the meantime". It is more step back from the things that you are in conflict with and do something different in preparation for your next advance. It is deeply influenced by 44 which advocates the creating and spreading of a new mandate into every corner of your world.

Then I got a little frustrated and asked "what is it I need to hold back on? Your advice is going to make me look bad!!!" and got 27.2.3.6 > 11. I get the sense that this one is putting heavy emphasis on rest and healing. I need to take care of myself. I need to work on my mental health issues and build up good habits for my physical health. Ambition is not in my best interest at the moment.

'Nourishment' through 'Great Rituals'
11 wraps your world, contained by this question, in a sense of new communication, based in greater awareness, that contributes to or results in a reversing of the way you normally do things. 27 requires active engagement and correction with what you see as rotten amongst the ways you currently choose to 'nourish' yourself physically, mentally and spiritually. They are all not as beneficial as you make them out to be.

My dad has been supporting me financially and has already expressed exasperation. I asked, "how can I continue focusing on rest and healing without looking like I'm taking my dad's support for granted?" 15.2 > 46. Maybe earnestly letting him know that I am making progress that may not be super externally visible but that it will be in my best interest in the long run? At my age (22) he was also struggling in life but he had my brother and I to take care of so he had no choice but to pull it together and strive for a career, so I worry he'll take on an attitude of "well I did it, why can't you?"

15 <> 46
'Authenticity' through 'Ascending the Sacred Mountain'

It's time for you to get smart and do things differently. Not only see but cut through all the complications that inhabit your world. Cut back on the dramas, or seeing obstacles as too high or too wide, and step, one small step at a time, into your real power. 46 clearly acknowledges that this will not be something easily introduced into your world - regaining your lost power never is -, but asks that you at least make the effort. When you show that you are engaged with restoring your lost life then others will be able to see it too.

... of course, there may be other meanings that you are more attracted to.

Good Luck

 

[floranova]

It is more step back from the things that you are in conflict with and do something different in preparation for your next advance.

Ah, ok that makes sense. Like don't push ahead but also don't sit on your butt?

new communication, based in greater awareness, that contributes to or results in a reversing of the way you normally do things

What do you mean by communication? I definitely do need to reverse a lot of the ways I do things and much of my self nourishment is rotten. I'm doing pretty much everything I'm not supposed to do (sleeping/eating poorly, saying inside, not exercising, all that)

When you show that you are engaged with restoring your lost life then others will be able to see it too.

Hmm, ok, so maybe try to make more tangible but not overly ambitious progress? A lot of my progress has been internal. I have PTSD which involves a lot of digging up and untangling and all that fun stuff, but the results of that aren't always visible and sometimes come with external regression. When I'm processing heavy stuff I feel like I struggle more to function, it seems like I'm getting worse but the processing of trauma is just very taxing. I'll try to make more of an effort not to neglect the external.

 

[my_key]

Ah, ok that makes sense. Like don't push ahead but also don't sit on your butt?

Think of it as something like too much passivity will just leave you only one option, that of occupying the victim's chair.

What do you mean by communication? I definitely do need to reverse a lot of the ways I do things and much of my self nourishment is rotten. I'm doing pretty much everything I'm not supposed to do (sleeping/eating poorly, saying inside, not exercising, all that)

Communication means sending or receiving information. Everything from your internal self-talk and how you think to what you say, your tone of voice and how you act or behave towards self and others.

What message are you sending to yourself and others, I wonder?

Hmm, ok, so maybe try to make more tangible but not overly ambitious progress? A lot of my progress has been internal. I have PTSD which involves a lot of digging up and untangling and all that fun stuff, but the results of that aren't always visible and sometimes come with external regression. When I'm processing heavy stuff I feel like I struggle more to function, it seems like I'm getting worse but the processing of trauma is just very taxing. I'll try to make more of an effort not to neglect the external.

PTSD is a deep wounding that requires enormous efforts on every level of being to overcome. It is always a roller coaster of a ride. One important thing to remember is that the trauma is not the event or events from your past but the emotional wound that those events left you with and which still remains.

Remember, PTSD can be countered without revisiting the events, especially when focus (and ambition) is placed on healing your relationship with the wound. The events have happened and can never be changed. Your relationship with the emotional wound is the one and only thing that you can change.

Small steps on the outside will produce small improvements on the inside and vice versa. When you make progress in either your inside or outside world, work hard to ensure it manifests in a sustainable way in the other. You'll probable get some kind of trigger if you have overstepped the mark of smallness. Then step back and do something smaller and sustainable.

Consider consulting a competent trauma therapist who would help you navigate your way through your tangled inner and outer forests.

Good Luck

 

[floranova]

Think of it as something like too much passivity will just leave you only one option, that of occupying the victim's chair.

Communication means sending or receiving information. Everything from your internal self-talk and how you think to what you say, your tone of voice and how you act or behave towards self and others.

What message are you sending to yourself and others, I wonder?

PTSD is a deep wounding that requires enormous efforts on every level of being to overcome. It is always a roller coaster of a ride. One important thing to remember is that the trauma is not the event or events from your past but the emotional wound that those events left you with and which still remains.

Remember, PTSD can be countered without revisiting the events, especially when focus (and ambition) is placed on healing your relationship with the wound. The events have happened and can never be changed. Your relationship with the emotional wound is the one and only thing that you can change.

Small steps on the outside will produce small improvements on the inside and vice versa. When you make progress in either your inside or outside world, work hard to ensure it manifests in a sustainable way in the other. You'll probable get some kind of trigger if you have overstepped the mark of smallness. Then step back and do something smaller and sustainable.

Consider consulting a competent trauma therapist who would help you navigate your way through your tangled inner and outer forests.

Good Luck

Do you think the communication part might be recommending therapy, or at least to talk it out more with someone? I could see it referring to my deeply negative self talk as well though. Sorry to ask so many questions! I appreciate the time you've taken to respond thoughtfully, you've been very helpful