Halloween Full Moon Night Mystery

[emme]

Greetings to everyone

Following a very mysterious chance encounter with a man very special to me whom I had not seen in 15 years(!) on Halloween night, Full Moon night, I find myself in a haze of heightened awareness and overwhelmed with great emotion so I ask the IC:

"XXX and me: what do you see?"

The answer:
Hexagram 47 changing lines 2+4 leading to 8

Could there really be potentiality for Union?

Any words of wisdom much appreciated!

 

[emme]

... as an IC learner, I am not very proficient at posting yet so let me shed some further insight.

The answer I received Hex 47 (Exhaustion) leading to 8 ( Union).
Exhaustion in general seems to say that Superior Men are Oppressed by Inferior men. This insinuates to me that we might both be in relationships that oppress us ( if we are the Superior Men that is, a bit sceptical there). I know I certainly am currently in a relationship that can be construed as oppressive or confining. Could it be that he is too?
The way I interpret the changing lines are as follows:
47. 2. Strangely enough the mention of meat and drink is so apropos, I ran into him in a restaurant/bar where I had gone for dinner and drinks with friends. He was the owner! ( imagine that). Other than that I am a bit stumped by the scarlet knee bands. Are these officials that are are threat or some external source of anxiety for my friend?
47.4 Is this changing line about me. I feel that I crept up on him quietly in a golden carriage. In fact so quietly we did not even speak. I was so hesitant and paralyzed by the fact that he did not recognize me at all that I did not reveal myself to him. I did indeed feel a bit "humiliated" as is mentioned here. That's all I can gather...
The outcome hexagram 8 Union is a real shock. Could it be....

 

[lloyd]

Hi emme
I have noted some aspects that may sound sober in the light of your more colorful suggestions, but they may speak to you. What I sense between the lines is that your may be kind of anxious for a relationship to loose yourself in, resulting in possibly cautious advice by the lines.

47 Sequence: After climbing (will to lose oneself) there is an impasse. Judgment: The answer does not lie in persuasion; though there is prevalence for the determined. Images: The undertaking is worth a willful effort.

47/2 You have the requisite will power and are in essence able to apply it with modesty, but may be jittery. Still, if this modesty in action is kept up, others will be attracted. Maybe let the partner take the lead?

47/4 You have doubts and may like to arrange things (persuade) to be sure, but that will not work. There is again an aspect of modesty, or of not fighting for what is wanted, and things may work out well.

8 Suggests that you ask the oracle if you are the right person for what is going on. Well, no harm in doing so …

 

[emme]

Dear Lloyd,
Thanks for your input, I agree with you about the caution in the hexagram, I sense an anxiety.
Your interpretation seems to reinforce my belief that I should not pursue the matter actively but should bide my time and engage in not-doing instead of doing. I feel this way partly because I am already involved in a problematic relationship and do not want to plunge into a new situation before I resolve the old one and partly because the encounter was a strange one, wherein I recognized him but he did not recognize me, so there was a heavy veil, a serious communication block.
I do indeed long to see him again ( and maybe this time break the communicaiton block) but I am jittery as another part of me tells me to leave 'sleeping dogs lie' for now.
I did ask the oracle again if I had what it takes to follow it through and received 43 with all changing lines except for 5. This hexagram distressed me, too many changing lines and all somewhat alarming warning of mistakes, danger, misfortune, obstacles, suffering and concealment.
Not as colourful as one would hope it seems, indeed sober.
thanks again!

 

[lloyd]

Quite some inside angles to the situation, and the question you asked. You might take a step back from lovers and address your sense of loving, and where it gets you ...
Somehow I do not much see the need of questioning the same situation again, with nearly the same intention. You might read the thread: "Another relationship question, go figure" for some more remarks on questions.
Next time you get a hexagram with more than three lines you draw the transformed hexagram and in this transformed hexagram you read the lines that remained unchanging, with emphasis on the lowest line if there are more than 1.