An insight into 24.6?

[emiliana2010]

I'm without a job since many months now (graphic designer) and I'm living from my savings which are reaching a critical point.

I asked the Yi "How is my financial situation evolving?" and the answer is 24.6 > 27.

Scared... scared...

I then asked "How to avoid "missing the return?" and got 40.1.2.3 > 55

I came to know recently about the Law of Attraction, and relate the 24.6 to when I give myself to despair and doubt and fear and stray from the knowing that my new job already exists and I just have to align with it in order to receive it. I see that I swap from anxiety to trust and back to anxiety...

Does anybody want to share his/her insight to into 24.6?

Thanks so much - Emiliana

 

[jlst]

Missing the return

First of all, relax. Yi isn't telling you this is definitely what will happen, but what will happen unless you introduce a change. You did the right thing by asking how to handle it. You got 40, Deliverance, with 1,2,and 3 changing. I've been reading Yi for myself and others for over 30 years now, and basically, when you get a series of changing lines, the first one tends to tell you where you are now, the second what will happen next, and then what will follow that. With three changing lines, the emphasis is on the second one. So that's your answer. What does it mean? I would suggest that it is telling you to broaden your scope a bit. There are 3 kinds of jobs - career, simple work, and survival. If you need to take a survival job right now, then just do it and don't worry about how it will impact your career. Those who starve to death have no careers. That' s also part of the message of the third changing line. So once again, relax, take a deep breath and go get a survival job and use it to expand your artistic sensibilities and eye. Work on your graphic arts on the side. Who knows, you might even start your own business while you are pumping gas or whatever! You can be fine, if you choose to be. Go for it!

 

[willowfox]

Line 24.6 is saying that if you don't get a job very soon then you are in serious trouble financially.

 

[willowfox]

I then asked "How to avoid "missing the return?" and got 40.1.2.3 > 55

Get a job, and it means any job that pays money. This is not a time to be picky, as you no longer have that luxury.

 

[emiliana2010]

Thank you so much, jlst and willowfox.

 

[peter2610]

Insight into 24,6 > 27

Hello Emiliana,

Have you asked the I Ching how to proceed with regards to finding work in graphic design?

Without work, roughly how long will your savings last?

Is there anything in the pipeline, as far as work is concerned. Are you waiting to hear back from anyone?

Peter

 

[tigerintheboat]

Yi Telling it like it is

I'm without a job since many months now (graphic designer) and I'm living from my savings which are reaching a critical point.

I asked the Yi "How is my financial situation evolving?" and the answer is 24.6 > 27.

Scared... scared...


Does anybody want to share his/her insight to into 24.6?

Emiliana, Yi is just telling you what you already know, that you are headed into a disaster if you don't start earning some money. H27 indicates you should be thinking about nourishing yourself!

I would tend to think that any job, bringing in some of your expense money, is a good start towards avoiding that disaster.

The universe is "response to request" and your ideal job may be out there, but you should not test this principle when economic survival is at stake. Start earning some money.

Tiger

 

[emiliana2010]

Hi Peter, thank you so much for your interest in the situation I'm in.

I want you to know that English is not my mother tongue... so forgive any mistake I’ll make.

The news that our magazine was moving to Paris came out from the blue last October. I’ve applied for a job here and there, but since years the editorial world is imploding; all one hear about is magazines closing down and downsizing of staff.

Waiting in the pipeline is an editorial project I’ve done with my ex-director for a major Italian publishing house. It was very well received but the “verdict” has been «We don’t have the budget for it right now.»

I did ask the Yi “What is the right course of action for me to take in regard to my job and money situation?“ The answer has been 45.3.5 > 62

45.3: Then gathering, then moaning. No ground for harvest. To proceed is without fault. Small distress.
For a coherent whole one needs consistent perseverance. Do not find out if it works - make it work. Feelings will always be changeable, one cannot demand perfection and constancy. Just hold on to it.

45.5: Gathering has ranks. Without fault. Not true. Great ever-flowing determination. Regrets go away.
When things get out of kilter, then it is best to let them all find their own best fit back again. No use to impose an order, the order has to come fromout the organism itself. Then a strong organic whole will grow again.

I actually hope the project done will come to life somehow, maybe in September... It would be my ideal job!

There’s also another magazine that liked my input, but they too at the moment have no money.

Right now I’ve got two books to translate at the minimum of the minimum rate, but I took the job anyway, so I can go on another few months.

I look forward to some clarity.

Ciao ciao. Emiliana

 

[emiliana2010]

Hi Tiger,

thank you so much for your feedback.

As I was writing to Peter, a little trickle of money is actually coming in, and I disregard it so much, I almost don’t consider it a valid source of income…
Can it be this attitude of mine the 24.6? This underpaid translation job is actually feeding me and creating business connections; it’s not enough to pay for everything, but at the moment that’s what’s coming to me and “missing” on its importance can maybe have far reaching repercussions.
What do you say?

Ciao ciao. Emiliana

 

[emiliana2010]

jlst,
Thank you so much for your feedback.

Broadening my scope… you’re right. So from no job I discover that I have a job. It is so temporary, so underpaid (but thanks god it’s interesting) that I almost disregarded it completely, and it’s also almost feeding me. I think I should be thankful and jumping for joy at having it and see where it will lead me.

Ciao ciao. Emiliana

 

[gato]

I'm without a job since many months now (graphic designer) and I'm living from my savings which are reaching a critical point.

I asked the Yi "How is my financial situation evolving?" and the answer is 24.6 > 27.

Scared... scared...

I then asked "How to avoid "missing the return?" and got 40.1.2.3 > 55

I came to know recently about the Law of Attraction, and relate the 24.6 to when I give myself to despair and doubt and fear and stray from the knowing that my new job already exists and I just have to align with it in order to receive it. I see that I swap from anxiety to trust and back to anxiety...

Does anybody want to share his/her insight to into 24.6?

Thanks so much - Emiliana

24.6 is more like an warning. something will come up sometime soon... keep looking for it but as 40.3 advise don't be to stressed about it. just detach, relax but keep your eyes open.

 

[tigerintheboat]

Publishing Blues

As I was writing to Peter, a little trickle of money is actually coming in, and I disregard it so much, I almost don’t consider it a valid source of income…
Can it be this attitude of mine the 24.6? This underpaid translation job is actually feeding me and creating business connections; it’s not enough to pay for everything, but at the moment that’s what’s coming to me and “missing” on its importance can maybe have far reaching repercussions.

Well, now that I know you are in magazine publishing, I think that 24.6 refers to the state of the industry. Being a freelancer for the publishing industry has always been a good way to starve, and publishing staffs are being reduced everywhere, as advertising based print media struggle to stay alive. So now I think that the dire quality of the reading is more about basing your hopes of jobs and survival on an industry that will continue to downsize. Hoping and depending on them will have a bad end.

You need to "re-invent" yourself.

Tiger

 

[peter2610]

Work - Finance

Hi Emiliana,

Many thanks for answering my follow-up questions.

“What is the right course of action for me to take in regard to my job and money situation?“ - Hex 45,3,5 > 62

Hex 45 is concerned with the coming together of the various elements required to make a situation effective. Externally it often involves the coming together of factors/people over which we have no direct control - hence the emphasis within the hexagram on the importance of perseverance. But waiting in a situation of continuing uncertainty can dissipate and vitiate our inner resolve and focus, hence the hexagram also has the meaning of internal gathering in the sense of gathering together true perception, resolve, balance etc (Gathering the medicines).

The Judgement:
The King approaches his temple
It furthers one to see the great man. This brings success. Perseverance furthers.
Gather your focus and belief in your path. The ancestral temple represents your roots, your true sense of reality, undisturbed by the appearance of circumstances. The 'great man' will probably represent a key figure in the eventual successful outcome but for now it represents continuing belief in yourself and the universal process. Persevere.

To bring great offerings creates good fortune.
It furthers one to undertake something.
When the gathering process nears completion the skills that you bring to the table will create an opportunity that you should take. Meanwhile, internally, you must sacrifice and overcome any negative elements.

Third Yin: Gathering together amid sighs. Nothing that would further. Going is without blame.
A yin line in a yang position, third yin has no natural resonant partner, hence it gathers with fourth yang. But fourth yang is a yang line in a yin position hence this represents an improper basis for gathering. In a restless unsettled condition third yin seeks hurriedly for a resolution but succeeds only in gathering increasing negativity. In plain English this means that you perceive your position as being isolated, without a way forward. These negative thoughts gather increasing influence hence the sighs and despair, but nonetheless you somehow manage to carry on (up to top yin) hence "Going is without blame." In Daoism this is struggling onwards despite the loss of the medicinal elements. The Fan Yao for this line, Hex 31, Influence, Line 3, represents resisting negative agitation caused by the influence of weak elements in our nature.

Fifth yang: "If in gathering together one has position, this brings no blame. If there are some who are not sincerely in the work, sublime and enduring perseverance is needed. Then remorse disappears."
A yang line in a yang position, fifth yang achieves the positive strength of true yang and is central, balanced and correct. But for the Dao of Gathering to be complete one here should effect gathering in an all-embracing manner and, whilst second and top yin respond to fifth yang correctly, first and third yin still cling to fourth yang. If fifth yang were to demand submission from first and third yin it would be regarded as base domination, but if fifth yang were prepared to delegate some of its power to fourth yang then it would, indirectly at least, obtain the loyalty of all the yin lines.
In plain English this clearly indicates some form of compromise. Internally our purposive resolve is correct but we continue to harbor doubts about the universal process. We must not seek to dominate these negative elements by direct confrontation, but rather simply acknowledge them for what they are and quietly persevere despite their repeated recurrence. The Fan Yao sums it up concisely - "Persistently ill, and still does not die."
Externally, this represents a situation (either with work of finance) in which you will have to accept compromise. It falls very readily to a work situation in which, for the sake of overall success, you are required to use other than your primary set of skills, or possibly work with someone else on a partnership basis in order to access their resources; but the outcome is positive.

The Zhi Gua, Hex 62, Preponderance of the Small, represents non-striving for externals. Inwardly fulfilled (the two central yang lines), one employs stillness to restrain excessive flights of imagination. The nuclear process, Hex 53,2,4,6 > 28, indicates accepting a gradual process of development leading to consummation on a correct basis, and avoiding using excessive force.

In the light of the above, I would suggest that your reading 24,6 > 27 represents the danger of missing a return to correct direction and perception of your situation. If distorted perception becomes established you could obstruct the return. The Zhi Gua, Hex 27, is suggesting that you observe your thoughts and try to nourish them with belief in the universal process (top yang).

Peter

 

[emiliana2010]

Wow Peter, thank you so much! I feel more relaxed about the 24.6.

I think that I should use this period to learn other computer programs that could open up the possibility to work for web based magazines.

From this state of relaxation is much easier to breath and nurture a positive feeling.

Thanks and all the best. Emiliana

 

[emiliana2010]

Hello everybody! I stumbled upon this thread while researching for 24.6 (yep! I received it again...) and I can give feedback about how 24.6 played out for me in those days.
My finances kept dwindling but for an occasional project bringing some respite. The turning point happened in June 2012; for two years I've been back in the rat race commuting four hours a day but happily getting a salary. Since 2014 there's just a trickle of money coming my way, enough to get by but not adequate to face the hurdles that life sometimes throws at me.

All in all I feel fortunate, though looking back I feel I could have been more relentless in my search for new avenues of revenues.

Best wishes!