Hex 54...a mystery to me

[rogue3303]

I have recently been asking the I Ching about a love interest that was on a good path and recently derailed sort of inexplicably. In any case I have a good deal of confusion whether I should even bother persuing this person especially since my long time love (who I have been seperated from for nearly 2 years) has recently reemerged with some promise of actually getting it right this time.

In any case in various readings I have gotten Hex 54, Marrying Maiden in relation to the new love interest (thats kind of fizzled). In the most recent inquiry, I asked the Yi Jing to give me an image of how this person feels for me and I received, Family 37, changing lines 2 & 6, to hex 5 Waiting.

In my next question, give me an image of what is at work with my relationship with "X" I received hex 19, Expansion, changing line 4, to hex 54, Marrying Maiden. Oi?!

I am at a loss. I think this person has been hurt many times and may need me to reassure and take the lead but part of me thinks, do I really want to get involved with someone so damaged. Or, maybe thsi person really doesnt care about me at all and really just is interested in me physically.

I was hoping a reading would help clarify where he is coming from and whether he is worth persuing or not but I am still confused.

Any help out there?

Thanks a million.

 

[bamboo]

what are the readings that received 54? It is hard to comment without knowing them. Have you asked simply: "what can I expect if I decide to pursue this relationship?"

 

[bradford]

I've never seen the essence of 54 summed up better than in the following quote,
by Dame Rebecca West:

If the whole human race lay in one grave, its epitaph might well read
"It seemed a good idea at the time."

And, of course, the Yi itself calls Gui Mei "The beginning and end of humanity"

 

[knotxx]

My private title for Hex 54 is "Little Sister in the Back Seat," and I usually take it to mean, in a general way, "You are not the most important thing in this situation." Some of the lines do contain a suggestion that if you wait patiently in the back seat, your time will come, but that is not always the case.