3 changing to 27

[padma]

Quite confusing, as usual.. It is about an ex (big ex love) who appeared again in my life. However, I am in a relationship and wish to be loyal to my guy. Well, maybe it sounds stupid I am consulting the oracle (and even asking here) for this...

 

[gene]

Well, this situation is complicated, and implies the possibility of great misunderstandings. You must still have something for your ex, and not for your new person quite as much. The key here I think is hexagram 27 which tells us to pay a lot of attention to what we are "feasting" upon. Would you be reintroducing the same old problems you had before? Or the same love you had before?

Gene

 

[mryou1]

I've been receiving 3's and 27's quite a bit lately, so I might be able to help here:

I've also been getting a lot of benefit out of changing each line one at a time. So in this case, changing 3 through the 5th line to 24, then the 6th line of that to 27. I think in this case it's remarkable how 24 shows up when you do this.

3. Sprouting/Difficult Beginning > 24. Return > 27. The Jaws/Mouth

A budding relationship beset by some level of difficulty, this is the relationship with the "new guy" > return of something from the past, "the ex" > deciding which one to open up to

The line for 24 changing to 27 is very interesting, it talks of "Deluding Return". That maybe this guy from the past is only deluding you for personal gain. What follows in the line is basically a long list of "everything goes bad when you allow a deluding return". So this is something to consider.

Now the trigrams: you have an unchanging thunder below, and above water which hides the mountain. It's a chaotic beginning, and the danger of this decision presses in, but through the hidden mountain, the danger is not destined to last long, the answer will become immediately apparent soon.

 

[trustcanon]

I would like Padma to share describing her divination onset situation where she might have as well decided
1. what to do with the ex before resorting to oracle consultation---For instance, she might have been encountered with him by any chance, or he might have come after her. Has she decided to keep him away from her new relationship, or from her whole life? What mindset has she held until now towards him? Is he hard to deal with or has she had good feelings towards him yet? Interpretation goes along the way with how deep her resolution might be, so is important as Confucius I Ching Commentary puts more emphasis on how she is advised to do what once after her decision made, rather than on what would come afterwards while lacking strong determination. Lifestyle is her choice which way to go but with advice of integrity, rather than hopping on an oracle to learn where to go for. Firm will would call for complementary advice, job done, otherwise should bring about hesitation, say, which one is better over another, helpless alternatives.
2. what time, date, and month of the year, if not also with where she was at the time of her sincere query while her ex might have been where else, in terms of which directional distance from each other. Time and place have respective weight in terms of which way power is generated from, driven by, or drawn to.

In the meantime, however, Hexagram 3 would not allow her any progress but holding difficulty to go with him if not for marriage opportunity after a decade while the ex being in powerful position but only with the benefit not enough to enjoy together. Hex 24 represents her current sentiment in that she cannot open herself to him at the moment as doors shut down disallowing for political as well as for business interacts while ongoing with her ex. She would benefit after all, however, from her communication skills coupled with educated culture, thanks to Hex 27 where Jaw anthropologically tells grown-up history while weak tongue moves around within strong two solids, as thunder speaks beneath mountain.

Has she make him understood her commitment to her new relationship for now as she would like to loyal to unless her ex would wait and see for a decade letting her stay away from himself free for the benefit of all?

 

[padma]

Guys thank you so much for your replies - they have been very insightful and helpful. I was with the ex one and a half year ago. The story was terminated because he misbehaved (lasted two months or so). Now he came back, he sought me. But of course I do not trust him, even though I felt so many things in the past, and even though he tells me "big" things now. I have moved in with my partner something like 7 months now, and security is for me valuable (as it would have been for anyone). So far, I have been loyal. But I have my doubts...