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clarissa

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Ok, I have a friend who asked what his new girlfriend wants from him and he got:

61.1 to 59

I find both of these hexagrams a bit confusing. I browsed the threads here, read what commentaries I could find online (I can't find English commentaries where I am..so I have to settle for what's online)...and I came up with...

She wants a sincere, authentic, open-hearted, unselfish, honest(line 1) relationship.

Hey, I don't know!
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I'm trying. It does seem pretty good...but pretty "deep". His other reading was quite good when he asked how she felt about him: 50.6

Any help out there?
 
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bruce_g

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"how she felt about him? 50.6"

She sees him as providing for her those things she needs to live a better life, especially in regard to her emotional or spiritual (or whatever you wish to call it) refinement.

(from 32.6) There may also be a dark side to this image she has of him. If she looks up to him this highly, there could also be a part of him that scares her. If he is especially intuitive and creative, for example, he's also likely to have a tendency to burn himself out on "crazy" ideas and such.

It's safe to say, from this reading, she thinks very highly of him, and her feelings are pure.
 
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ewald

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I'm translating this line as:
<blockquote>Preparing brings good fortune.
More will not bring ease.</blockquote>
Hexagram 61 is about trust and confidence, 61.1 is about confidence gained from preparing for things. It warns that over-preparing will not help to make one confident and comfortable.

Ewald
 

gypsy

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I see it as she wants to be sure about his integrity. maybe she has been betrayed in the past, she needs reassurance of his honest intentions.......to clear the space, (59) dissolve her misgivings......

because (50.6 ) she really feels he is the one who has what she wants in a man. She wants to trust that he is the real thing.
 

byzantine

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Hmm i feel Gypsy's interpretation and intuition is most penetrating into e issue at hand.
 

jte

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Perhaps have a look at Legge's translation I find his translations of lines 1 and 5 of 61 particularly apt.

His footnotes are interesting, too...

- Jeff
 

cal val

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I love Gypsy's interpretations here... all the way to her interpretation of 50.6. Trust. Kevin once asked the Yi which hexagram best described romantic love, and they answered with 50.6.

Love,

Val
 

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