48.1 -> 5

[mholden1969]

Hi all,

Shortly after my birthday I asked, "What do I need to know about this year for me?"
I received 48.1 -> 5

That reading bothered me, and I deliberated over posting about it to the forum.
The night of the following day, I noticed a small lump in my lower chest, just to the right of my sternum. It was a lump I actually noticed four months prior, but forgot about (likely due to the location) until noticing it again that night.

I asked, "What do I need to know about this lump?"
Coincidentally, I received 48.1 -> 5

After this, it felt important that I posted these casts to the forum.

I am not going to lie, this feels ominous. I am a young adult man.

Of course, I went forward and asked if it was something serious: I received 33.5 -> 56.
I took that as a reassuring reading.
Will be going to get a check-up, but I live in an area where there's going to be a wait to see someone. I would like to have some insight into these readings.

 

[thisismybody]

Muddy water of 48.1 could point to a cyst?

Retreat from any dark imaginings about something that’s temporary. But have it checked out.

 

[rosada]

So sorry you are having to go through this. Sending you healing thoughts and positive vibration!

What do you need to know for this year? 48.1 - 5. Something needs to be restored but there’s a wait.
Maybe this is your year for learning how to wait!
The Image for 5.Waiting says that when in a situation where one must wait - like when you live in an area where there’s going to be a wait to see a doctor - the advice is to eat and drink and be merry. Tough job but somebody’s got to do it.

 

[knotxx]

I had this for a yearly reading in 2017. Nothing terrible happened and many good things did, but my main take on it was that I spent the whole year avoiding writing, when I (my deeper self) really needed to be writing. I also dropped my meditation practice. Maybe not surprisingly my anxiety ratcheted up so far my doctor put me in lexapro for the next 18 months, which for me was numbing/deadening and not helpful at getting me back to what I actually needed to be doing: writing.

So if there’s some well that’s an important source of nourishment to you, I guess you may find it hard to reach this year. For me that was an important lesson, how much I need writing—in fact whenever I’ve had a “bad” yearly reading it’s been a learning year (ask me about my 10.3-1 year or maybe don’t, OUCH)

 

[mholden1969]

thisismybody: I wondered if that interpretation of 48.1 was applicable in this case as well. It feels similar to another lump I had that was a cyst.

rosada: living in the present. I do need to learn how to be more present.

knotxx: not surprising in my context, either. Some things that I had always done for myself I've neglected over the past couple of years. Originally I felt the first 48.1 reading was related to that. Consequently, I can also see how I will continue to be stymied or "held back" in my current situation this year.

Many thanks for all three of your replies

 

[rosada]

mholden, I hadn’t put it together that 5.5 is advising “livie in the present” and you’re right. That’s a great insight for how to navigate waiting!

 

[breakmov]

Shortly after my birthday I asked, "What do I need to know about this year for me?"
I received 48.1 -> 5

Was this reading done with the idea of helping you in a simple and structural way for the medium/long term (1 year)?


I imagined something like this...

48.1-- 5​

Perhaps it is important to ponder if you are procrastinating by not dealing with something that prevents you from creating a more useful, fresh, and vital form of interaction for yourself.

or....

It may be necessary to understand how to let go of a way of seeing or interacting with something that is no longer useful and that prevents you from moving forward to something fresher and more vital in your life.

breakmov

 

[mholden1969]

Was this reading done with the idea of helping you in a simple and structural way for the medium/long term (1 year)?


I imagined something like this...

48.1-- 5​

Perhaps it is important to ponder if you are procrastinating by not dealing with something that prevents you from creating a more useful, fresh, and vital form of interaction for yourself.

or....

It may be necessary to understand how to let go of a way of seeing or interacting with something that is no longer useful and that prevents you from moving forward to something fresher and more vital in your life.

breakmov

Yes, the idea was a general self-help reading for the medium long-term (1 year) period of time.

Both of your interpretations I feel completely and entirely apply to me.
With the first one, I've neglected my creative self quite markedly this past year or so. This is the first year I've really been mostly supporting myself, which in itself was quite a big transition for me. I've quietly worked on something I felt was important but otherwise, I let most aspects of that part of me go by the wayside. I've also been putting off instilling more self-discipline in myself. Being more structured with my time, more rigid and health-conscious in my diet and exercise, a lack of organization, the list goes on.

With the second interpretation, I've started to see that I am becoming less approachable; in short I've become a lot more "invisible" this past year or so. I've been kicking myself feeling like I let go of social/dating opportunities that I may no longer be able to cultivate (or at least as easily). But maybe it's time to accept this new phase of life.

Honestly, these issues have all been pushing against each other, and leaving me sort of mentally paralyzed. I can see this year is going to be difficult, given my financial situation. But as long as I can keep my head above water...

 

[mholden1969]

mholden, I hadn’t put it together that 5.5 is advising “livie in the present” and you’re right. That’s a great insight for how to navigate waiting!

I didn't receive 5.5-11 in this set of castings but that certainly sounds like the core message behind 5.5!

 

[thisismybody]

"What do I need to know about this year for me?"
I received 48.1 -> 5

I’m sorry. I totally focused on the lump and not your yearly reading.

I once had 48.1 in relation to my brother. At the time, he was an alcoholic.

I took it to mean that he had so many gifts and skills that he wouldn’t be able to offer the world because he was holed up at home, drinking himself into oblivion. I would dream things like him being in a toaster. For a time, I worried he’d drink and pass out and his home would catch fire and he’d not know it. I know, pretty morbid. I let those worries go.

Anyway, he’s basically a genius. But he’s emotionally stunted. His well of emotions is stagnant and muddy. He offers few a deeper way of relating… maybe no one, come to think of it. During his soldier days, he told me he once got drunk and in an argument with another soldier, whom he put in a choke hold until he passed out. Then he ran in the dark into the woods, passed out, and woke up in a field unsure how he got there or what happened. He keeps himself from people bc he believes he’s dangerous. Thing is, he’s one of the kindest, most helpful, big bear men I’ve ever known. His beliefs are also the dirty well as well as dirtying the well with drinking. It took him 3 tries to quit drinking. I don’t know if this is still the case, bc I’m afraid to ask.

I've neglected my creative self quite markedly this past year or so

I've started to see that I am becoming less approachable

Your well is both the waters you dip and bathe in and feed and offer yourself as well as the love and nourishment you offer others.

Neglect ensures a dirty well.

Not offering yourself is to isolate the well. But this maybe necessary while you tend to your well. Is this the case?

Maybe you’ll find that your year was spent dutifully tending to the well or is a warning you may get into 48.1 habits that muddy the well.

And could it be if you’re a drinker, drink less?

 

[breakmov]

This is the first year I've really been mostly supporting myself, which in itself was quite a big transition for me.

...I've started to see that I am becoming less approachable; in short I've become a lot more "invisible" this past year or so. I've been kicking myself feeling like I let go of social/dating opportunities that I may no longer be able to cultivate (or at least as easily). But maybe it's time to accept this new phase of life.

What you wrote made me think about your reading and the impact it can have on your future... perhaps the way you sustain yourself has a central importance that ends up reflecting on everything else...

Hexagram 48 has a lot to do with sharing vital resources... having something vital to share with others who need also those vital resources... I imagine this applied to your situation 48.1-5... perhaps a reflection on your part about the vitality of your livelihood and the group of people who benefit from that vitality... perhaps exploring the possibility of interaction with other people, perhaps a new destination, who can benefit from what you have to offer and at the same time ensure that what you have to offer is the "vital water" they need.

breakmov