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Good day all,

I have been having an interesting time here lately; it seems that everything I do is hindered. For example, my furnace has been out for two months with three different repairmen working on it, I got new glasses and first the prescription was wrong, but now I can't see out of them unless I hold them slightly up off of my nose. I ordered some items online, one never came the other came 2 months late. I am afraid to order anything or do anything of significance even though there are a lot of things I need to take care of. Add to that my stomach problems and to top it off I've gained weight and cannot get in my pants.:eek:

I asked "What is going on in my life now, with nothing working out?" and I got 26.1.4.6 changing to 32.

26 "Great Taming"
Perseverance furthers.
Not eating at home brings good fortune.
It furthers one to cross the great water.

I'm taking this to mean look somewhere else for sustenance and keep moving forward. Line 1 seems to be pretty on target:

Danger is at hand
It furthers one to desist.

Well, maybe not "Danger" (I hope), but I'm not getting results when I try to do anything, so not doing anything would have not been a idea. Although in the case of the furnace, I need to do something, winter is here! Line 2 I'm not so sure how to relate to my situation:

The headboard of a young bull
Great Good Fortune.

Well, I have restrained from really attacking the people who have not performed as they should (repairmen, optician, etc.) because I don't feel as though I'll be taken seriously. And the last line:

One attains the way of heaven
Success.

If only!

So, as to 32, I have found interpreting the resulting hexagram as the "background" of the situation works, but if I interpret it that way in this instance it will mean this struggle will be lasting. How else can I interpret this?
 

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What is going on in my life now, with nothing working out?
26.1.4.6 > 32


No, Miss Ann, hexagram 32 means that you will endure this time of trouble. " Luck 's a chance, but trouble 's sure" (Houseman). " Man is born to troubles as the sparks fly upward" (Job 5:7). In other words, "Everything that can go wrong will" (Murphy's law). I could match troubles with you to see who has had it worse. Example: shrews destroyed my sweet potatoes this year, but so what? I can get them in the grocery store for half what they cost last year. Nearly every major appliance in the house needs repair, but I can still cook and refrigerate. I need to repaint ceilings (water damage) and replace carpet. That is, I need to if I much cared. I can still wear my pants, but I just bought new clothes because the local Kmart (so low are my tastes) is closing. Really, life is a series of disappointment, but not totally. Some things work out. What are your successes this year? Bet you've had some.
 
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and to top it off I've gained weight and cannot get in my pants.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

32 tends to mean "endurance" rather than that it will last a long time. It does mean "long lasting" in the sense that when something ends, it begins all over again, as happens in a good marriage.

I hope that one of those repairmen can figure out how to fix the furnace, as the chilly days are truly upon us.

You have a good reading and I suspect that pretty soon your run of bad luck will end.

I had a long-term neighbor in the next apartment and I asked the I Ching about him. I got 32, so I thought that meant he would remain there just about forever. Next thing I heard about him was that he had moved out! So I am quite sure that 32 does not mean forever.
 

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Thank you Pocossin and Ginnie.

Gee Pocossin, I feel for you! Hope you get the means to fix your house! Sorry I can't recommend a repairman :bows:

Ginnie I hope you are right about the reading.

As of today, the last repairman who seemed pretty decent and reliable, was not answering his phone and his voice mail is full. I spent all day on the couch as my stomach was bothering me. It was cool, because I got to watch a lot of shows and movies I hadn't caught up on and I was warm under a blanket next to the space heater. I'll give an update if (when) my cycle turns around.
 

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I'll give an update if (when) my cycle turns around.

Until your furnace is fixed, here's a tip on how to stay warm at night. Use a towel to cover your head. Much body heat is lost through the head. Fold the towel and place it on a pillow so that your head can lie on the towel and the upper part can be brought over the head. Then tuck in the sides. Very cozy double-layered towel cap. Unlike a nightcap, the towel will stay in place even if you roll around a bit. My furnace is okay (knock on wood), but I prefer sleeping in a cool room.
 

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Ok, I think it is safe to give an update on the furnace. I waited a few days because the issue with it was it would run for a bit, days or hours or minutes, and then not come back on, so I needed to be certain it was cycling normally.

First, though, I want to explain myself a little better. I didn't just have a few things not work out and get dramatic about those few things. I have had a rather trying few years, with challenging circumstances sort of snowballing, so when these hindrances happened I figured I had better find out if that trend was starting again. Hence my asking what was going on in my life.

That was why I didn't answer Poccossin when asked what my successes were this year; I'm still paranoid that I may jinx whatever isn't messed up, and there are some things that I am not certain are successes or not as bad as...

So, as to the furnace, I finally got ahold of the repairman, he came out Sunday evening and replaced the part that the other repairman had replaced a little over a year ago (and the part that I kept asking if it needed to be replaced and was told no), and the furnace has been running ever since. I still don't know what I'll do about my glasses, still wearing my old ones. Still too big for my pants:hissy:
 

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Hi Missann,

I wonder if there's something astrological going on which would explain all this? (Note: "explain" is not the same as "fix" :mad:). Do you know anything about astrology? Do you have a way to cast your chart?

What made me think of this:

(1) Just the general nature of your question and situation - "What is going on..." - if there is a period when everything is going wrong in your life, it kind of ought to be explainable astrologically, right?
(2) Hex 32 - cycles, such as astrological cycles
(3) 26.6 - direct reference to "the way of heaven" (Hilary translates this as "heaven's highway" in her book). This was the biggest thing which made me think of planets and astrology.
(4) There are marvellous omen words in this reading (great good fortune, success) which are so obviously NOT what is going on that it seems likely the Yi is saying something else. (That is, the reading as a whole is maybe saying "What is 'going on' is something astrological. That is my point...er, you'll have to disregard the omen words this time...")

I'm not sure how the other specific parts of the reading fit in, the other lines etc. - they might make more sense if we knew what was exactly going on astrologically, such as which transiting planet is affecting which natal planet or house in your chart.

(Or, this entire theory could be wrong, of course.)
 

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Ok, I think it is safe to give an update on the furnace. I waited a few days because the issue with it was it would run for a bit, days or hours or minutes, and then not come back on, so I needed to be certain it was cycling normally.

If you got your furnace fixed just before the polar cold arrived, I think your luck is in a new cycle.
 

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If you got your furnace fixed just before the polar cold arrived, I think your luck is in a new cycle.

So true, you don't know how wonderful a heating system is until you don't have it!

Lisa, I am familiar with astrology, but I could only ever take it so far because I don't have my time of birth on my birth certificate and my mother doesn't remember (she had 5 children of which I was the last). My birthdate is 8/16/1960, if that helps.
 

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What I know about astrology is pretty superficial, but what sticks out is that Pluto has been going back and forth over your natal Saturn in Capricorn since early 2013. That is almost certainly a large contributor to your problems. The intensity level has probably varied a bit, because at different times it's been a closer transit than at other times due to retrograde motion.

Right now, transiting Pluto is approaching (applying to) your natal Saturn at 54 minutes of orb (less than a degree), so now and through the end of the year might be one of the more intense periods :weep:. Also, in the last few days, transiting Mars has been conjuncting transiting Pluto, so both of them have been conjuncting your natal Saturn.

Mars is moving out of the way now, but I think the Pluto-Saturn transit will remain within noticeable orb through the end of next year. My guess would be that once you get past the beginning of this coming January, the effects should gradually (gradually) lessen, because Pluto will keep moving slowly away from your Saturn rather than back towards it. (Of course, there will always be transits of some sort.)

About your weight gain - by any chance did you gain most of it over this past summer? During June, July, and August, the transiting nodes of the Moon were trining and sextiling your natal Jupiter. Your Jupiter is in Sagittarius, and it seems reasonable that any activation of that might cause weight gain. The transit is over, but it's not like the nodes automatically take the weight with them when they leave :( - not that it need be impossible to lose, but it always seems easier to accumulate the bad stuff than to get rid of it, unfortunately.

I am starting to exceed the limits of what I feel comfortable saying! Does any of this make sense to you?
 

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Wow, does it ever! The challenges did begin in early 2013 and varied in intensity throughout. It was an incredibly rocky time. I got a reprieve from the biggest challenge this year about April. And, yes I did begin weight gain in the summer! It was odd because I had lost weight when I was on second shift and ate my largest meal late at night and I had been back on first shift since April (part of the reprieve) and eating on a "normal" schedule.

Don't be uncomfortable about saying anything anymore, that was amazing!
 

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Well, I'm glad to hear it actually matches what happened, but as I said (am being a sourpuss here, sorry), an explanation is not a fix. When I first learned about astrology, I was all excited that there was some reason for things, but after a while having an explanation lost a good deal of its charm. I'd still rather have the explanation than not have it, but it hasn't actually make any difference. (To me, anyway - maybe other people feel differently.)

Maybe the I Ching could give you some good advice on how to handle this or what to be aware of? If it was me, I might ask a question or two like, "How best for me to handle the Pluto transit of my Saturn now?" or "What should I know about this transit?" or "What should I learn from this?" (Presumably these things occur to teach us lessons we're supposed to learn in this lifetime, so may as well try to be constructive about it!)

The transit will be exactly-precisely-exact (for the last time, hooray) right around December 15th, and will separate past one degree of orb near the middle of January.
 
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32 means hang in there.

26.1 means bide your time and build up strength within you (like heaven is within a mountain), and desist from dwelling on fatalistic thinking. Really, it doesn't help, it only exacerbates the difficulties. Nothing lasts, and that includes times of hardship. Earth wasn't made in a day, nor seven. It's being made every second of every day. That's 32 too. Stand firm and do not change your direction.

I try to make my final thoughts as I drift off to sleep each night, thoughts of gratitude. And I ask for blessings on those in my life who show kindness, even if on some days that's down to Jake the dog. Usually though I can easily muster gratitude that I have a bed to sleep in and fresh coffee the next morning. Having had times without either makes that even more precious. And if there are people I've met who have shown kindness and concern for me, that's a very special thanks. Glasses can be fixed. Larger pants can be purchased, and eating less costs less. There's always a way toward improving conditions, and there's always something to give thanks for. But there will also always be obstructions. So hang in there.
 

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I recently got 32 unchanging in a question related to sales - I took it as "keep on keeping on"

Jon
 

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Maybe the I Ching could give you some good advice on how to handle this or what to be aware of? If it was me, I might ask a question or two like, "How best for me to handle the Pluto transit of my Saturn now?" or "What should I know about this transit?" or "What should I learn from this?" (Presumably these things occur to teach us lessons we're supposed to learn in this lifetime, so may as well try to be constructive about it!)

I asked "How best for me to handle this time of transit?" and I got 45 unchanging. I would say it means just what is going on here, gathering advice and help from others to make this transition easier. Thank you to all who have given me encouragement.:bows:
 

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If you don't already know about them, here are a couple things to read which might help.

The first is the thread devoted to hexagram 45 unchanging -

http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/friends/showthread.php?18844-Your-Experiences-with-Unchanging-Castings-Hexagram-45

The other is what is called the "memorizing" thread for hexagram 45. I had forgotten all about these, until Trojina just reminded me about them on another thread. Good timing!

http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/friends/showthread.php?6229-45-Ts-ui-Gathering-Together-Massing

(They're called "memorizing" threads because they were started in an effort to give people ways of memorize the I Ching, but they contain a lot of useful information about the hexagrams and their lines, whether or not memorization is your goal.)



[Edited to add...having just read through the 45 unchanging thread, I see that a lot of it is me arguing with Trojina about things which have very little to do with 45uc. Er...I regret all that - even moreso when I must encounter my own lesser self months later. You might want to just ignore all that...:bag:]
 

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