All Lines Changing

[adarkana]

I am several months into the development of a new business project. The person I have hired to manage this project is substantially older than myself; based in a different city; and, it seems, very well-connected in the general field we both share.

When asking about this person, and the development of the relationship, I received Hexagram 20 with lines 1-5 moving. In the compulsive way people will, I later asked again (a few hours later) and again received Hexagram 20, this time with all lines moving.

I've seen a few posts in the archive on the significance of an "all lines" reading and myself have only had it happen a few times in 15+ years of reading the I Ching. Once, several days into my first fast, I asked what the results would be of extending the practice (I had begun with the goal of seven days). I received Hexagram 49, all lines. In fact I stuck with the fast for 19 days total and in hindsight can safely say this action lead, if indirectly, to life changes so radical they still, in fact, surprise me.

Anyway, I would value any insight into either the "all moving lines" anomaly or the applied meaning of Hexagram 20 with regard to relationships, since I've seldom received Hexagram 20 in reference to anything other than a question about myself & my own condition.

Thanking everyone for their sagacity in advance...

 

[meng]

Howdy, Adarkana.

19 days, wow! That's a serious fast, no wonder it was life changing.

Were you presenting two questions, or just interested in the 6 lines changing? I'll go with that since it's the thread title.

I've only received 6 lines changing once, in the 40 something years of frolicking with the IC. That was 50-3, I guess about 9 months or so ago. It was a general life image question, as it pertained to the specific time I was entering into.

There's many systems that reckon with multiple change lines, none of which I feel the need for. I just set up my tripod (20?) and observe how it unfolds. The lines did seem to go by from bottom to top, and there was a notable transformation, but it's the kind of transformation which returns you to difficulties - 3. I take that as a cyclic lesson. Whether it was a good transformation or not is highly debatable, lol.

I think 20 can be looked at the same way. You set up your tripod, and you observe. When you're looking from down low in the thick of things, you can't get a broad view. So you crank up the handle and extend the legs, and now you see more clearly. But you lose your camouflage up there, and sometimes your peace. That's why there's line 6.

Bruce

 

[willowfox]

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