Capital

[Mayorka]

Back to my business issues...
I need a big amount of money in order to invest for one of my business and improve it.

Will I acquire the amount of money I need?
37.6 - 63
Ok seems a very tricky line to me.. The last line of the hexagram 'family'
His work commands respect. In the end good fortune comes. (Wilhelm)

I would say the answer shows that I have the 'power' to find the amount of money I need. Thoughts?

 

[Liselle]

The answers to yes/no questions can be tricky to interpret, because Yi isn't like tossing a coin - it doesn't have a way to say just "yes" or "no." Sometimes it's easy enough to tell, but sometimes it'll be pretty opaque, or even misleading, and then what? (Better not to ask yes/no questions in the first place, but I do understand it can be hard to re-word them. I have a lot of trouble with questions.)

In this case, it might be tempting to see the line and think Yi's saying yes, people respect the work you do, and you'll get the money.

But there's an implicit "already" in that interpretation: people already respect the work you do, and therefore (we imagine), money will be easily forthcoming.

I don't know a single thing about your situation because I haven't been following your posts (sorry). But make sure to ask yourself if that's really true, or if the point of the line is that you must convince people, and you'll only have good fortune if you do. That could be really hard, depending on how your support is right now, where you're starting from.

(I've mentally re-worded your question into something like, "How can I acquire the amount of money I need?" And then the answer would be, "By convincing people to respect your work.")

 

[dfreed]

because Yi isn't like tossing a coin

I always thought it's very much like tossing a coin! Or three coins.

My sense is, the Yi can very easily answer yes/no questions in ways we understand, but we are usually wanting more than yes-or-no - more like advice, a direction to go in, how to approach a situation etc. - even when we 'think' we're only asking yes/no.

Is it possible that's what's going on here?

D.

 

[marybluesky]

You have the means to act like as authority- taking the control of situation- and it will bring you success in the end.