Got robbed - Hex 41 -> 9

[duke]

Hello,

First of all, this is my first post, I started to learn I Ching lately.
I don't use I Ching a lot, just for the needed cases.

Today, I was walking down the street and suddenly got fast robbed by 5 man with knives. Not much of a loss, some money and music player.

I asked question:

What should I learn from this robbery?

And I got:
Hexagram 41 - Decreasing, Moving Lines, 1; 2; 5;

Which results in:
Hexagram 20 - Observing

I've got my version, still I would like to hear different opinions. This is really important to me.

Best Regards,
Roberts "Duke" Lazda

 

[gahan]

Hi Duke,

Maybe you are using another way to get a resulting hexagram, but when I change 41 to 9 I have the third and fifth line moving and not 1,2 and 5. Is there an error or are you using a different method?

Cheers,

Gahan

 

[duke]

Hi Duke,

Maybe you are using another way to get a resulting hexagram, but when I change 41 to 9 I have the third and fifth line moving and not 1,2 and 5. Is there an error or are you using a different method?

Cheers,

Gahan

Wow, pardon me. Indeed, I have resulting 20 Hexagram. When I changed upper trigram, I got confused, and I drawed QIAN instead of KUN.

I edited my main post.

 

[Tony_L]

Today, I was walking down the street and suddenly got fast robbed by 5 man with knives. Not much of a loss, some money and music player.
I asked question:
What should I learn from this robbery?
And I got:
Hexagram 41 - Decreasing, Moving Lines, 1; 2; 5;

One possible lesson of 41.1,2,5 (Decrease) > 20 (Contemplation) is that you were robbed (decreased) because you were not being observant enough, so be more watchful in the future. There seems also to be a lesson on managing your anger about being robbed and controlling your own instincts, especially if you have wishes to take away something unfairly from others.

41:
At the foot of the mountain, the lake:
The image of DECREASE.
Thus the superior man controls his anger
And restrains his instincts.