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Howdy folks. I've been away a while. Now I'm back, and with a question about Hexagram 54. Would anyone say he/she thinks Hex 54 has a main theme of impatience? In the past I have felt that Hex 54 is mainly about someone or something being inferior (as in poor quality or of low status). I don't doubt that that is still the case, but lately I have come to wonder if another strong theme of 54 is that of being impatient. I mean, in the story of the Hexagram itself the younger sister marries the same man her older sister is marrying, but unlike the older sister the younger sister is marrying as a subordinate wife rather than primary. Does the younger sister make a hasty descision to do this because she fears that if she does not and waits too long, she will never have a mate at all?
Whether you agree or disagree I'd like to hear what others think.
I mean, in the story of the Hexagram itself the younger sister marries the same man her older sister is marrying, but unlike the older sister the younger sister is marrying as a subordinate wife rather than primary. Does the younger sister make a hasty descision to do this because she fears that if she does not and waits too long, she will never have a mate at all?
How did you get here?
From Hexagram 54, the Marrying Maiden. (And as part of some much bigger patterns – see Exploring the Sequence inside the Change Circle library.) The Marrying Maiden experiences a strange mixture of frustration and fulfilment: frustration, because she is married off into a situation she didn’t choose and can’t control; fulfilment, because she might be able to make this her home and attain her highest potential here. In the Zhou story, ‘King Yi marries off his daughters’ to ally Shang with Zhou; King Wu (or possibly Wen) will be born from this union.
Abundance brings a similar mix of experiences. There’s a similar sense of being ‘landed’ in a situation you didn’t ask for – but also the overwhelming knowledge that this is where you belong and where your mandate lies.
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).