Being Watched

[sibyleyes]

Is person X spying on me? Got Hexagram 5.3 to 60.

Nine in the third place means:
Waiting in the mud
Brings about the arrival of the enemy.

Mud is no place for waiting, since it is already being washed by the water of the stream. instead of having gathered strength to cross the stream at one try, one has made a premature start that has got him no farther than the muddy bank. Such an unfavorable position invites enemies from without, who naturally take advantage of it. Caution and a sense of the seriousness of the situation are all that can keep one from injury.

Sounds ominous.

Asked again and got unchanging 64 and had no idea what that meant so I asked to clarify so I got Hex 1(1.5.6) to 32. Is hexagram 1 a YES?

What do you guys think?

 

[Trojina]

For a yes/no answer you could toss a coin. You will always get more than a yes no answer if you ask the I Ching.

5.3 is about leaving yourself vulnerable by getting bogged down where predators can find you...and it can often refer to negative thoughts that entrap you as much as outer events.

Firstly you need to check out if you've been dwelling or brooding too much because you may have gotten bogged down by your own thoughts. You know when one thought leads to another and another and before you know it you are held down by all these thoughts as if they were mud. So you need to stir and shake yourself a bit out of those thoughts, get a change of perspective, a break of some kind.

If 5.3 refers to more than your thoughts, if its actual, and frankly I can't tell if it is or not, then you need to take care not to be hanging around like a sitting duck. presumably you can only be watched when you are stationary in a predictable place. However you use the word 'spying' and by that you could mean other methods I don't really know....

Rather than ask more of the same question why not think of another question from another angle that involves you. The I Chings answers are generally about you not someone else You need to know what to do, how to react. 5.3 doesn't tell if you if someone is spying on you it merely tells you to get a bit more active, pull yourself out of the mud, make yourself less vulnerable

I can't even tell if this is 'spying' in a the sense of someone who likes you and is watching you or something more sinister ? If for example its someone who is 'spying' in a romantic kind of way and you like it becasue theres secret interest between you then 5.3 would suggest you don't get into that mind game too much, its entrapping



The context is vital for understanding any answer....you will need to look at the context to understand how you are being advised not to hang around waiting in mud ?


You will need to think about it yourself to understand it....others can't really do that for you as they cannot know the full context

 

[bradford]

A couple of us have been watching you.
We're looking for signs of weakness since that's our perfect prey.
Know your escape routes. Keep the curtains drawn.
Don't sit with your back to the door. Don't look foolish.

 

[sibyleyes]

hahaha ok bradford! I'm shaking now!

 

[ariel13]

I can't even tell if this is 'spying' in a the sense of someone who likes you and is watching you or something more sinister ? If for example its someone who is 'spying' in a romantic kind of way and you like it becasue theres secret interest between you then 5.3 would suggest you don't get into that mind game too much, its entrapping

I know this is an old post, but I just have to say that I think your interpretation of 5.3 is uncanny, Trojan!

I am interested in a guy that I don't know very well, and I keep seeing him pop up on my Facebook account (on the chat). And he also appears in my "top friends." We very rarely interact online except for the fact that we were both involved in an event I coordinated recently and tagged in lots of posts about (along with 6 other people). As far as I can figure out the algorhythm for this sort of think has to be based at least partially on mutual interaction and not just one person "spying," but I will say I have looked at his profile a lot lately!

Anyway, my point is that I asked to IChing to paint me a picture of my interaction with X in the near future and got hexagram 5.3! I think it is just pointing out that I need to quit focusing on this! As, yes it is a trap! Like you said, it seems nice, because I can imagine maybe we have a secret interest in each other but obviously have no idea if that is actually the case until we interact more hahaha