56.6 is this a warning or a natural ending?

[Surfergirl]

Curious. I asked if something was complete.
Received line 56.6.
usually I see it as being careless and losing what’s valued but Hilarys translation seems to suggest to know when things are complete and not overstay ones welcome.
Anyone have any experience with this line as it relates to endings one is consciously making?

 

[Hopeandjoy]

Yes, I can share an experience with this line where in hindsight I might have heeded it as a warning to not be impatient or hasty in creating an ending.

I left a situation I was very uncomfortable in and after a few months passed I felt stronger about returning and found I could not return to the same place in the same way. It had changed due to my forced exit, it felt like I had fundamentally changed something about it by leaving.

There were good reasons to take some time away. However, It would have been to my benefit to have just detached from the negativity of others and focused on what was beneficial for me. Imagery like a bird burning its own nest, its sort of like yi advising don't self sabotage, or burn your bridges upon departure, rethink the plan.

 

[Surfergirl]

Extremely helpful. Appreciate you sharing your wisdom.

 

[Liselle]

I left a situation I was very uncomfortable in and after a few months passed I felt stronger about returning and found I could not return to the same place in the same way. It had changed due to my forced exit, it felt like I had fundamentally changed something about it by leaving.

That almost sounds like the saying, "You can't go home again."


I got this line once (with line 3, which is just as bad-sounding) when I asked about someone who'd just gotten divorced. A little while later I heard she was planning to change careers, which based on what I was told sounded to me like a bad decision, so I thought that was what the reading was about. But then I heard she'd changed her mind. Now I think line 6 was probably what she herself realized - that "first laugh, afterwards cry out and weep" might be what would happen if she did this, so she decided not to. I think that fits with sixth lines often being a higher perspective or a sage-like response.

 

[rosada]

The sixth line position often describes circumstances when one has over stayed or is holding on when it's time to move on. Hexagram 1.6 of The Creative is a warning about coming across as arrogant if one continues to be "creative" when it's really time to get off stage. Hexagram 2.6 The Receptive describes a fight breaking out probably caused by someone being forced to be "receptive" to some blow hard long after they've tired of listening. Likewise 56.6 seems to be about a traveler over staying his welcome. "Fish and guests..."

 

[marybluesky]

I see 56.6 as a premature act of ending/destroying something in the hope of improving the situation, which leads to regret.

 

[breakmov]

Hi Surfergirl,

"56.6 is this a warning or a natural ending?"

I see it this way:

-Both situations represent manifestations of the 56.6>62 case.

when it is a Warning : the "Hex62 person/situation" knows that he does not have great capacity, he knows that he has to proceed very carefully, step by step, in an environment that is strange/unknown to him. - But even so, he continues to advance, full of false expectations and stubbornness in a risky move that leads him to disgrace.

When it is a natural ending: the "Hex62 person/situation" has a deep awareness of his situation and acts in a noble way.- He withdraws from the situation because he knows in his heart that this is the only step he has left to take.

Cheers,

breakmov

 

[Surfergirl]

Thank you very much to everyone who responded. I very much appreciate your help.
Here’s how 56.6 ended up playing out for me.
Afraid to end things prematurely I chose caution. But I had already set things in motion. No matter my caution by the time I’d received this reading events had been set in motion to “burn my nest”. It was sort of an inevitable car on slick road accident moment. The strong desire to end things (first laugh) followed the pain of moving on without the safety of my “nest” . (Then cry).

This line worked exactly like that for me.

Liselle It did feel very much like a “you can’t go home again” scenario.

Rosado, it also was a traveler overstaying his welcome or more like the baby bird being kicked out of the nest. And Breakmov as well, I acted with an abundance of caution but the time (not my timing per say) but natural timing made it so I would need to carry on. It was time to become the “traveler” again.

And Marybluesky thank you. There was the hope of improving it. At this point there is no longer a “nest” to improve but this might change with the passage of time.

Again appreciate you