34.2.4.6 to 22 What is keeping me stuck?

[Pl_uto]

Hello everyone~

I wanted to get some thoughts on this reading. I wasn't able to find any threads with this specific cast, and I figured maybe something will come of it and be useful to someone in the future.

I've been going through a real stagnant period of my life and I've been really frustrated..even angry about it at times. It feels as though I've been stuck in a deep pit for some time now and everytime I feel as though I'm making my way out, I get sucked back in.

In any case, this morning I woke up and thought to myself , "Yeah, I don't really like where I'm at. My circumstances suck and I'm not really happy about it, but at the same taking blind action to try to solve things hasn't really been helping me either." In fact , it just sinks me deeper into mud. So, I've decided to try a less reactionary approach to things and instead of approaching my question with an attitude of "F#@k this yi, this sucks get me out of here!! " , I went in with more of a "Well, I'm here right now. Let's see what this thing's all about and what we can do about it ."

I asked "What is keeping me stuck?" and I got 34.2.4.6 to 22. I thought the last changing line was maybe reflecting my current state. Would love to hear what you guys think!

-Pl_uto

 

[rosada]

Yes, I agree hexagram 34.6 is the epitome of stuck! As 34.2 and 34.4 seem to indicate you are actually in a good position perhaps part of your sense of stuckness is coming from wanting to move forward in a way that is not appropriate - like something you are doing is not going to get you anywhere. I think of a monkey reaching through the bars of a cage trying to reach a treat that is just beyond his grasp. He may think that struggling harder against the bars will lead to success but what he really needs to do is back up and find a different approach. Or maybe with the positive lines earlier you are being told that you are in a good position and now you just have to be patient.

Hexagram 22 describes a lovely vision but at this time it is only a vision - a pipe dream. Perhaps your goal at this time is too vague to draw you to it.

You haven't told us specifically what your circumstance is so I'll just make up an example and you can see if it gives you any ideas. Say you feel you would be good at something, maybe being an author. 34.2 and 34.4 seem to agree but your vision of what what you want to write about and who your readership would be etc. is not clearly defined and this is why you're stuck, BUT you don't realize that not having a clear goal is the problem. You think your stuck because your day job doesn't give you enough time to write, you don't know any publishers, etc. etc. Still you persevere and as you put more thought into your writing you come to realize this is really good stuff and as your vision of success becomes stronger it literally pulls you to it and you no longer feel or allow the constraints you've experienced to hold you back. You're so energized by your vision you're able to leap over tall buildings (or obstacles or hedges) with a single bound!
The secret is as you visualize your goal you come to believe more strongly that it is doable and so it becomes more real and and what is real has gravity and the power of attraction and so rather than you having to pursue it, which feels makes one feel stuck, the goal starts to feel like you are being effortlessly drawn to it - like a magnet!

That said, I would also add that Saturn is at the last degrees of the sign it's in now until the end of August. This tells us we're in a time where old commitments must be completed before we take on new responsibilities. You may find that as you clean up various areas of your life even though they have nothing to do with your main goal, that you then find you become unstuck in that area too.

Rosada

 

[canislulu]

Rosada's interpretation resonates and is consistent with how I see 34.2.4.6 > 22:

You have taken your current path (job? relationship? location?) to the limit and to continue trying to force your way further into it will not get you anywhere. You need to pull back and find a new "open door/hedge". In the pulling back, be sure to complete the commitments you've made in your current situation without being insistent that it goes completely in the direction you thought it needed to go.

Don't have regrets. Be receptive for the opening of a door that feels consistent with what your inner essence wants to express.

 

[canislulu]

Rosada's interpretation resonates and is consistent with how I see 34.2.4.6 > 22:

You have taken your current path (job? relationship? location?) to the limit and to continue trying to force your way further into it will not get you anywhere. You need to pull back and find a new "open door/hedge". In the pulling back, be sure to complete the commitments you've made in your current situation without being insistent that it goes completely in the direction you thought it needed to go.

Don't have regrets. Complete things where you are and be receptive to an open door that will allow you to express your essence.

 

[canislulu]

oops. Didn't think it had posted so redid and don't know how to delete the duplicate

 

[canislulu]

Do you have a reluctance to complete something in your current situation because you have not known how to do that? Is what is keeping you stuck a need to complete something where you are?

 

[diamanda]

What is keeping me stuck? 34.2.4.6 > 22

The way I see it 34.6 describes your current position, but it doesn't by itself explain what's happening.

34 - big and strong and 'masculine'. Creative (bottom trigram heaven) and with the ability to move (upper trigram thunder). So to begin with, you do have what it takes to accomplish whatever you set your mind to.
34.2 - omen lucky. This is a masculine line, in a feminine position, which means masculinity is watered down a bit. So perhaps this means that you've been quite lucky in your life, didn't need to use much force. If only this line was changing, the result would be 55, abundance. However the lines didn't stop here.
34.4 - the fence is broken/open, the 'horns' (masculinity) are not stuck anywhere, and a big vehicle is free to move forward. Now this sounds great, however this is yet another masculine line in a feminine position. So the masculine got weakened a bit in position 2, now it gets even further weakened in position 4. If only these two lines were changing, the result would be the darkness/wound of 36.
34.6 - all of a sudden the 'fence' reappears here, and this time it's not open/broken. The 'fence' is an external obstacle/limit. This line "cannot move any further". This is a feminine line in a feminine position, so it should definitely abandon forcing its way onward, as the only result is getting stuck. It needs to endure this, but luckily "the calamity won't last long".
22 - fire under a (non-moving) mountain. Good manners, beauty, social decorum(, money sometimes).

So overall it sounds to me like you've been a lucky person in general, you haven't encountered any really major obstacles, and once an obstacle/limit appears maybe you have no previous experience of how to deal with it. 'Masculinity' has lost its chance to be 'masculine' in positions 2 and 4, and once it reaches position 6, it is now a feminine line in a feminine position - action is timed wrongly, maybe due to previous ease. The big strength of 34 is somehow reduced to the good manners of 22. Does any of this sound pertinent?

 

[Pl_uto]

Wow, thank you all for your replies! Sorry for the late response, I haven't had a chance to check up on this thread until now and I didn't get any email notifications about it for some reason. In any case, I will get back to this later on today when I can sit down and reply back thoroughly. Thanks again~