Am I on the right path in terms of career? HEXAGRAM 55.3.5.6 CHANGING TO 25

[Marazul]

Hello everyone, I'm new here & to iChing . I currently cast them online since I don't own any coins.

I asked if I was on the correct path in terms of career and got Hexagram 55 (Abundance) with changing lines 3,5 and 6 changing to Hexagram 25. I thought Hexagram 55 meant that I was, but then the changing lines are saying it's bad . What can this all mean? Is my foundation weak? Most of my family (especially my mother) don't "believe" in me when it comes to this. They want me to pursue something more "normal" and practical.

I'm currently beginning to start my own business where I offer spiritual Tarot & card readings. I used to work on an online company in the past and was very successful, but due to some problems with the company had to stop & just recently wanted to start trying to make it on my own.

Thank you so much in advance for your help. Blessings.

 

[meng]

You've taken on a full plate at the sacrifice of some of your former natural pleasures, and possibly even relationships.

Nothing you likely don't already know.

 

[Marazul]

Hello Meng,

Thank you for your insight. Well, I actually enjoy my work & don't feel that way (?)

 

[meng]

I'm 0 for 2 today. chuckle

Let me add, though, 55.6 is typically portrayed as a bad thing, and it is unfortunate that such screening may be necessary in order to focus single minded on a major priority, it can be anything but wrong or bad in the long run. Three years is a relatively short time. The full plate is often what is missed in interpreting this line; similar to 23.6.

 

[Marazul]

So in short it is no?? Sorry I'm dense, lol. And what does it mean by 3 years?

 

[meng]

I see no good and bad, only what the picture looks like to me.

To think there is one exact path that you are meant to follow can't be debated, as that is your belief. However, it is not my life view, nor is it the way I interpret Yi's answers. I see potentials, and not limited to just two.

Three years is usually a metaphor for fair period for adjustment, such as education, work experience, apprenticeship or special practice. It could also be a 3 year jail sentence. Again, good/bad is not answerable in such absolute terms. At least not that I can see.

Maybe someone else will be more in sync with your question/answer.

 

[kkappa]

Well this whole question reflects that you feel kind of bogged down by your career thoughts. Since the middle line is the most important one - meaning 55.5 - in which you are open for counsel from other people (could mean us here in Clarity or someone in your "real life") and you will see light at the end of the tunnel after all. However, what I feel is that maybe you are better off finding a more practical job to make sure you can pay your bills, and build the tarot business on the side. That way you won't be screening off your entire family like a little rebel Self-fulfillment is important, sure, but happiness is only possible when shared with the people closest to you. You don't need to make a black and white choice here.

 

[BillDai]

I want to tell your something about your career not in terms of I-ching but in light of my experience.
As a chinese, I see fortune tellers everywhere in my birthplace. Very few of them could make thousands of New Taiwan Dollars per day ( 30 New Taiwan Dollars equal one US dollar), while most of them can make only no more than 600 hundred dollars per day. Do you know what does the daily salary mean? It means that most of fortune tellers here can do nothing but to buy food with the wage. What's worse, they do not have stable flow of clients, so their monthly/yearly wages coud be lower than we think.

But the low wage doesn't bother them. In the Chinese custom of fortune-telling, most of fortune-tellers are educated not to be in persuit of money, because they see money simply a product of financial convenience. It can be used neither as food nor as water, which are quite basic for people. In other words, they have to be nearly free from all earthly desires. The only thing they can get from their job is a sense of futility in life.

To be free from the desires allows fortune tellers to deal with the problems of their clients in an more objectvie way. (If you try to make more money from your clients, you may try everything to decieve the poor guys who turn to you humane helps.)

If you want to be a Tarot-card reader, i suggest you to be as much free from earthly desires as the fortune tellers are. Only in this way can you really find spirit of the job. Otherwise, make tarot-reading as a means to help your colleagues, relatives or strangers when they need, not as a way to make money to cover your bills.

 

[Trojina]

Overall I see the answer as stop talking about and thinking about what your family think and just get on and do it.....and then see what happens. In hex 55 one has enough, all one needs to make a choice....there really is no point in any further deliberation and unless you are 10 years old what your mother thinks you should do is irrelevant in real terms, though yes it can impact psychologically.

I get the impression you are coming from an almost child like perspective where you believe you have to do what your mum wants you to do...but just get on and try it and see what happens. Why not ignore them and take the first steps towards doing this, you don't even have to tell them. If you wait for permission you end up blaming everyone else for your life not being how you want it.

The 'see what happens' is pure 25 ! You don'tknow what will happen till you try it.

As for 55.6 well it's mostly interpreted as a warning for not going out of your hut, not trying things, staying hidden, which is what you will do if as an adult you worry that your mum won't like it.

However she is probably right in terms of you won't make enough to make a living....but that doesn't mean you can't try does it. hex 25, try it and see, who knows.

If she is currently paying your bills then you can't complain about her giving her POV I guess but why not suprise her and just start doing readings if you can.

Howcome if you are a professional tarot reader or thinking of it you don't ask the tarot this question though ?


Ooops checked back and you say you have already started....hmmm and the question was if you were on correct path. I don't know why I had the impression you hadn't begun yet. Well you chose it, it's yours so see where it goes..

I'll leave my comments even though I misunderstood the question....may as well

 

[Trojina]

actually 55.3 can indicate you just aren't able to get on with it right now...but there will be a point that you will be so don't miss that point by focusing on what your mum wants.

I don't think the middle line is more important than any other line. Whats your interpretation ? Did you do a tarot reading on doing tarot reading ?

 

[Trojina]

yes I totally misread the question.....I am using a weird font because itis the only way i can get paragraphs and spaces


in this new formatted forum


to answer the question I'd say live it iand see what happens, experiment and don't think everything is down to you, your responsibility.....as for correct paths well that may relate to 25 in which there is no correct path as such other than being sincere in who you are.

 

[Marazul]

Thank you to all . Well, I did pay bills very well with my last job. I was making more than I could have imagined and had many repeated clients, but I'm just worried about doing it on my own without a business that yields clients for you. Kind of scared about that, but all of you have great insight.

I was worried about line 6, but it makes sense with what one of you said. To do it from the heart, and not be greedy and worry about the money .

Thanks to all for the amazing insight on this.

 

[Marazul]

UPDATE. My business is successful now, wow! And it's only starting to improve..and yes I have been doing it online for 3 years now. Just like iching indicated