46.3.5>29

[literunner]

Today I asked the IC:
Help!
and got this response

46.3.5>29.
The issue is difficulty at the job lately due to a re-org and some shifting of people's positions and responsibilities, including mine. My contract is up for renewal and there's been no formal talk of moving ahead with that. A few weeks ago I was told there would always be work for me, things seem to have shifted since then. I can't get a clear answer from my superiors, which is causing me to fret.
Any help with this interp would be great.
I read one interp which talks about barriers to progress being removed, but no where to go. And to take things step by step. And in dangerous situations to use my heart and rely on integrity.
Any other ideas or am I on the right track?
Much thanks.

 

[dobro p]

Moving upward through danger. Sounds never-wracking but positive.

 

[tigerintheboat]

Starting in the Chasm

Today I asked the IC:
Help!
and got this response

46.3.5>29.
The issue is difficulty at the job lately due to a re-org and some shifting of people's positions and responsibilities, including mine. My contract is up for renewal and there's been no formal talk of moving ahead with that. A few weeks ago I was told there would always be work for me, things seem to have shifted since then. I can't get a clear answer from my superiors, which is causing me to fret.

The Relating Hexagram, H29, is the Chasm. That is your emotional state right now, in the pit, with nothing to hold on to. WikiWing says:

"Repeating the chasm, there is fu (as in the name of Hexagram 61)...There’s confusion, darkness, destruction, and emergent truth.

Holding fast the heart creates success – there is nothing else to hold fast to! As if you were dropped into deep waters, there’s nothing solid to grasp ‘out there’, no anchor points."

So this is your current state. You are Pushing Upwards, trying to ascend....H46 generally suggests you set out determinedly, even though there is a big climb. Activity and effort will be rewarded.

The lines tell us what you are dealing with. Line 3 is a particular favorite of mine, ascending into the "empty city." It indicates that you can have success, and there will be little resistance, but perhaps the prize isn't worth much. Again, quoting the Wikiwing:

"Either way – this used to be the centre of everything, full of life, and now it stands empty. Often refers to something that doesn’t offer any particular problem, no resistance, but also contains nothing to help you and offers no living connection. The idea is to travel on through, not linger here waiting for the echoes to talk to you."

Line 5 indicates step by step progress, and good fortune. But the good fortune comes in paying attention to each small step.

Certainly this reading gives you no reason to run away. Their city may be empty long term (reduction in revenue and less work for you) but you still need to ascend through it to get to the next place. Keep your eye on the next step, getting the work done and planning your strategies.

Tiger

 

[literunner]

more steps?

Tiger and Dobro,
Thank you for the food for thought and the replies. They added a lot of benefit to my interpretation and helped keep me centered the last few days.

I took several small steps since my prior post and made some progress. In focusing on both strategies available to me and well as tasks that were due, I was "outside the storm" or at least happy and connecting with my colleagues while getting my work done.
But yesterday my supervisor told me they weren't able to renew my contract past this month.

I wonder if there are more small steps to overcome and where they are leading from here...

 

[tigerintheboat]

The Empty City

Tiger and Dobro,
Thank you for the food for thought and the replies. They added a lot of benefit to my interpretation and helped keep me centered the last few days.

I took several small steps since my prior post and made some progress. In focusing on both strategies available to me and well as tasks that were due, I was "outside the storm" or at least happy and connecting with my colleagues while getting my work done.
But yesterday my supervisor told me they weren't able to renew my contract past this month.

I wonder if there are more small steps to overcome and where they are leading from here...

Well, the city is truly empty, and you are moving through it. Since this is an ascent, give them all the valuable work they deserve and even more, so they are guilty and inclined to call you back if conditions improve. Also, collect everything valuable you can; (especially written references and people's contact information) as you march through the city. Be thinking about where you are headed once you march through.

Practice the mental exercise of considering yourself a benevolent conqueror, triumphant, rather than unemployed.

Tiger

 

[literunner]

18.3.5.6>29 about job

Thank you Tiger,
That is again very insightful!
I wanted to add a bit more background because I cast once more on this situation this morning.

I was told they can't renew me right now (due to limitations in how many times they can re-assign the same contractor) and they asked if I would please use my last week there to train my replacement(!) So...there is money to pay for someone, and enough work (I know there is, since I'm doing it) I'm just not the "someone."

Two weeks ago, I was singled out for an Employee Service Award for a 9 month project I am just now finishing up which got lots of praise. (Tiger, your note reminded me to ask about getting this award notice in writing since I don't know when the award is actually bestowed.) So it's odd to me to be singled out for a job well done and not be retained. ?

I asked: What is the most valuable thing I need to know about this situation? and got
18.3.5.6>29.
From what I have read on here and other sites, 18 means there is a need for me to clear up/solve problems from the past --and do it soon. But I'm not sure what problems. ??

And from the changing lines: clear up mistakes of the past, reform prior corruption with help from others, and line 6, I'm not clear on. One interp says withdraw and work on myself? And then 29 again, move through a dangerous situation and keep to integrity.

The issue for me is: I love the type of work I'm doing there (despite the inconsistent management practices) and I love the people I collaborate with--it's a solid team (even more so as we band together due to the crazy management stuff that goes on). The simpatico is energizing and wonderful and I look forward to going to work every day--something I consider a gift.

Because of the 46 in my prior cast, I talked to alliances I have in another dept at this company and proposed I work for them when this contract is up; they said yes, they are more than happy to bring me on part time--and possibly more, should the work increase.

Now with the 18 cast, and this new info I just shared, I'd love to hear any other comments or feelings about my casts and this situation.
Thank you.

 

[tigerintheboat]

Looking at Corruption from the Chasm

I asked: What is the most valuable thing I need to know about this situation? and got
18.3.5.6>29.
From what I have read on here and other sites, 18 means there is a need for me to clear up/solve problems from the past --and do it soon. But I'm not sure what problems. ??

I want to give you a timely response, but I suspect that I don't know enough here to understand the situation in detail. I don't know either what decay or corruption there are in the workplace, and how they might reflect back on you. Or possible corruption of your own that is contributing to the situation. But let's take a short look at the reading.

You are in the Chasm, with nothing to hold on to, and you are seeing Corruption and Decay. My experience with Line 3 is that there is a mistake easily corrected. No big deal that the mistake was made, and only small regret.

The business about not being able to hire the same contractor again sounds like utter nonsense to me, the sort of thing a father tells a child that really doesn't make any sense but the child believes because the father is an authority figure. I am trying to make that fit with Line 3 or Line 5, but I am not certain. Line 5 is about remedying corruption with a positive, growth oriented approach, instead of focusing on what is wrong. I am not sure where that applies either in your last days there.

Finally, Line 6. Let us assume that the health and maintenance of your emotional well-being stands above the lords and kings who run the place. Your allegiance is not to them. You have connections to the staff and the work which are independent of them. You have to make sure that these higher parts of you continue to be fed, no matter who the lords and kings are, and what they require of you at work.

This feels like an inadequate response to the reading, so perhaps you or others will have further ideas.

Tiger

 

[literunner]

on corruption and hex 18

Thank you, Tiger.

The one thing that stands out re: corruption in the recent weeks involved another project I am managing in which a staff member interacted with and promised something to one of our third party vendors sort of "under the table," and he also gave the vendor incorrection direction causing the whole project to be redone from the beginning and to be behind schedule.

The staff member did that because he and the vendor are old friends and somehow it was discussed between them that it would be easier to go that way; and when the staff member thought he might get found out, because I was poking around to keep the project on time and schedule, he attempted to divert attention from what he'd done.

I clarified this with my supervisor yesterday. She was aware of what the staff member had been doing.

 

[literunner]

next steps re: job

I finished my contract at a job I love doing, and continued using these last readings to complete what needed to be done, etc. I also made sure to clear up any possible "decay" with anyone I was working with.
Went out with coworkers my last day and had a nice time. My dept. supervisor attended as well, and went so far to say he'd be contacting me again with more work. The vibe with this group of folks has always been akin to a large family who gets along well and works well together for common goals and energy.
I got a message from one coworker this morning saying how sad she was that I was not there and that it feels weird...similar feelings I was having.

I asked
"now what re: my job?" and got:
5.2> 63

I read some other posts on here that interpreted this line as saying to keep going and attending to the work, that it needs care from me and attention and focus regardless of what words may be spoken about me. But what work is this talking of? This particular job--is there more to do?

One possible interp I felt was to keep working on a project I have with another dept at the company. I am still working on a program that is being produced there and I have work to do (part time) for the next few weeks for that, that has already been budgeted for and approved, with me working freelance.

Could it refer to this? Or something larger in scope/perspective?

Other insights, esp in light of my prior readings above?

Thank you,
:bows:

 

[tigerintheboat]

Eat, Drink and Enjoy Music

I finished my contract at a job I love doing, and continued using these last readings to complete what needed to be done, etc. I also made sure to clear up any possible "decay" with anyone I was working with.
I asked
"now what re: my job?" and got:
5.2> 63

I read some other posts on here that interpreted this line as saying to keep going and attending to the work, that it needs care from me and attention and focus regardless of what words may be spoken about me. But what work is this talking of? This particular job--is there more to do?

Oddly enough, I received this identical reading just yesterday in reference to a question. For you, this seems like a very clear answer to your question, the kind that Old Uncle Yi likes to give.

First, you are "already across", having left the old job and in the beginning of something new, and you need to practice "Waiting." Here is the commentary on Line 2 from the WikiWing:

Line 2

‘Waiting on the sands,
There are small words.
In the end, good fortune.’

On the sands: the ground is shifting underfoot, things feel awkward and insecure. There are small words: they might be informative in some way, but they’re not a dependable guide. Good fortune in the end – carry on, this phase will pass.

The general advice for H5 is to enjoy life during the wait; Eat, Drink and Enjoy Music. One day you will be employed again and have less time for Enjoyable Waiting.

Tiger

 

[literunner]

thanks, Tiger

Thank you, Tiger.
That does seem like what is happening.
I do have work to do for the other dept and am focused on that. But am also enjoying seeing some friends and eating, drinking and relaxing all this week.

I do get the feeling of the ground shifting underfoot and will keep the advice in mind as I venture forth.
:bows:

 

[literunner]

Wanted to update about these readings as well:

I did as was advised with the 46 and 5 readings and all went extremely well. Even though my contract was not renewed at that time, after about 1 month the job rang me again and put me on a series of outside projects.
And because I followed the advice from 46--to exit in a grand manner, with no ill feelings, and to talk with others about staying in touch, the company felt free to call on me for additional work, later.
And during the month "off" I did enjoy myself and eat, drink and have fun. The "small words" I think were right after I left, I had a series of lunches with some close contacts and we talked of small, non-work related things mainly to stay in touch for future opportunities.
Thanks to Tigerintheboat and dobro for your generous help and clear thinking with these readings.
:bows: