hex 7 and romance..prepare for war not love???

[stark tree]

I am puzzled by a recent reading where I was enquiring about the potential hidden in a new relationship at present.

It's somebody I met through work and there is obvious mutual attraction/feeling but I am a bit cautious after recovering from a recent break up.

He is a lovely guy and I am sort of intrigued to know whether there could be more (we may be working together again in the near future on a number of projects, no date as yet).

First i asked what where his thoughts of me and got 20.1, the looking of a lad, which mayb abit superficial and could fit as he is a bit younger than me and we laughed about his childlike approach to some of the things we discussed.

Then i asked if there is any potential in this and got 35 unchanging, which could be either good or nothing i guess.
So to clarify i asked WHAT IS the potential and got 7 unchanging.

I find 7 in an ongoing relationship a more straightforward answer, gathering one's self, organizing and preparing, etc, but in something still hidden, is this any good??
Or it already warning me this could be war not love???

would love to have some feedback x

thanks! ST

 

[icastes]

7 means that one of the parties is unstable and frivolous. There won't be any mutual love. Lots of complications.

 

[dragona]

Hmmmmm...wish somebody told me of that reading for hex 7.
Can you ellaborate it a bit, perhaps?
Thank you

 

[white owl]

Hexagram 7 ..unchanging I have found to be one of a strong personality or an age diff. boss,employer..etc..list goes on. He is younger than you. I think he looks up to you. Your thread helps me too validate my own readings too. I have received 7 alot in regards to the same type of relationship as an overall feel , I usually the younger one in my case. An overall safe feeling of that u are leading through your experience, of your life's inner secret. You just may have something to offer or share just like Mamma did

 

[icastes]

Dragona: 7, the army or the multitude is the earth above water (the water the army). The second line is the commander of the army. That earth is above water is inharmonious, and hence in all aspects of the hexagram there is conflict, contentions, quarrels, complication, meaning that one must follow a true and correct path to get through the changes. In this hexagram, there are problems with rank, social distinctions, etc. and as such there is a great deal of vanity at work and one cannot expect both parties to be sincere and open to each other. One party, as this is a situation of conflict, will not be sincere in his emotions, and thus will be frivolous or unstable in whatever affections there may be. After all, we are talking about one side attempting to prevail over the other. As such, this gua is just bad for any effort to establish love, and it also doesn't work for marriage as well. (We must remember that love and marriage have little to do with each other, as one is about personal emotions, while the other is an institution.) The only way to deal with 7 when it comes to personal relations involving love or marriage is to plan out things for oneself without regard to another, i.e., to reform one's behavior and to live properly. When doing so, marriage or love are far more likely.

 

[sooo]

So to clarify i asked WHAT IS the potential and got 7 unchanging.

I find 7 in an ongoing relationship a more straightforward answer, gathering one's self, organizing and preparing, etc, but in something still hidden, is this any good??

Yes, looks good to me.

Our body is an extremely complex system, and each cell has a function. During calm times, things move on as usual. But during a challenging engagement, all the peptides and whatnot pull together into a groups. If the body is invaded by something which the soldiers deem as harmful, they go to war to kill and repel the threat to the organism they defend.

Thing is, this even happens as a result of our thoughts alone, whether or not we actually physically engage a threat, or whether or not the threat even actually exists: if we think it, the soldiers in our body are already preparing for it as though it is real. The heart rate, blood pressure, nervous system, all act according to those orders.

That's why these soldiers need to be guided by the worthy authority figure, the general, who is none other than you.

 

[dragona]

Personaly, alwas seen hex 7 as a sign to organise, prepare, clear out missunderstandings and work out the ways of communication in relating to relationship readings.
The idea of missfitting, conflict, frivolousness, age and character difference is new extraction out of this for me.I was seeing only its emphasizing on structuring and organisation within...tho now in retrospect, that statement of each caring about its own plans and ways regardless of needs and wishes of another, looks farely true to me-sadly.
Recently got 7 as a resulting hex on both readings about which man to put my cards on, so this is a good info to have. Thank you again.

 

[white owl]

Very Insightful.Thanks.

 

[stark tree]

Hello everyone,

thank you for the wonderful feedback.I've been away from my computer for a few daysand it's been rather nice to login and find such an interesting discussion. I went away and had a think about my own final interpretation after letting all sink in.
icastes. first of all thank you for your insight. second of all, this is by no means a rant, just a reflection..I admit I am always a bit taken aback when you answer that a particular hex is either 'good' or 'bad' for love or marriage. I find it partiluarly misleading to think only in those terms when it comes to a relationship reading, especially when like in my case we are talking about the very early stages of something, and i was only enquiring about potential in this pleasant exchange. I mean, i know the iching well enough to know there's no way i could expect it to tell me whether something at this stage could be either 'love' , let alone 'marriage'. in my case, i prefer to enquire about relationships as a sort of meditative practice, where my unconscious and conscious expectations often meet and collide through a reading, leaving me more often that not puzzled for a bit and then finally illuminated. this process for me is one that requires looking at readings from all angles, the less black and white about it the better...again,\ just something i thought i'd share, not sure if anyone else here feels the same way but i guess we all have different approaches.
WhiteOwl, you were so spot on. the age difference is what has dominated this exchange with this person, in a very positive way. for the first time in my life i found myself leading a man in a sort of 'him looking up' at me sort of way, we discussed everything from work achievements to spiritual development and i could tell something in him just clicked. i wouldnt be surpised if he'd gone and taken some of my observations about what i perceived as his lack of confidence (he is very talented but somehow unmotivated) and put them straight to practice. in fact i think i can remember the exact moment where i could sense how much what i was saying to him just resonated with what he'd felt.
Which is why Soos' analogy of the human body reacting and rearranging itself was also incredibly accurate and validating! Me, the genaral..who'd have thought it! i guess it maybe time for me to put into practice those hard lessons i learnt from my break up last year, its been a steep hill but the view is just starting to look good again.
thanks all for a great discussion,
stark tree x

 

[sooo]

Which is why Soos' analogy of the human body reacting and rearranging itself was also incredibly accurate and validating! Me, the genaral..who'd have thought it! i guess it maybe time for me to put into practice those hard lessons i learnt from my break up last year, its been a steep hill but the view is just starting to look good again.

Cool. I guess in this light, preparing for romance isn't all that different from preparing for warfare, lol.

There's a very funny part in the movie "What the bleep do we know?", where the sum of various peptides were animated. There were sexy peptides, and wolfish turned on peptides who connected or locked together, or just swooned in wishful thinking. There were food gluttonous peptides, peptides for everything our body's cells "think" and react to, and are habituated to - all going on beneath our conscious surface. I mean physically as well as mentally. There's a cigarette peptide, demanding its usual dose, a chocolate peptide, sex peptides, knowledge peptides.... for me, it brings h27 into focus.

 

[white owl]

Your sooo funny Soo..and there is even under eye peptide cream for those stubborn laugh lines

 

[sooo]

Lubriderm Sensitive Skin, 100% fragrance, dye and lanolin-free.

 

[stark tree]

haha) that's really funny..its always nice to have one's peptides set in motion and do the same in return! may require some organisin and restructuring, but i guess no pain no gain,huh..have a nice weekend xx

S.T.

 

[hopex]

yes i got 7 when i needed to get my facts straight,my house in order
my allies on tap and my strategy laid out. My finances and 12 month plan
in order - in other words do my homework on the man - think of all the
possible hiccups and pitfalls and plan accordingly - I almost gave up!
but it turned out I had a rival for his affections and she had done all of the
above - sure ypu dont need to read t/sun tzu and the art of war?

 

[iams girl]

I find 7 in an ongoing relationship a more straightforward answer, gathering one's self, organizing and preparing, etc, but in something still hidden, is this any good??

I am dealing with hex 7 this year especially at work. The management is weak and sometimes it does feel like the “inmates are running the prison” like line 3 suggests. I’ve come to be on guard for unexpected things coming out of nowhere that are harmful to my position. The hidden side for me has been building mentor relationships that have been instrumental in navigating the treacherous waters.

Related to the person you’re interested in, maybe just being prepared for the unexpected and having a fall back position will be important. There may be baggage you or he are traveling with, circumstances, relationships, or other people that will potentially interfere.

 

[hopex]

i agree iams girl - 7 warned me there was a hidden
force undermining my position - it was a totally
unapparent ex girlfriend but I was in love before I
knew the full picture.

As someone once told me background is a very
important word - know your terrain. Gather
expert advisors. I knew girls who were professionals
at using their heads as well as hearts - have winners
on board like your mentors.

 

[post-snow]

Hello everyone,

thank you for the wonderful feedback.I've been away from my computer for a few daysand it's been rather nice to login and find such an interesting discussion. I went away and had a think about my own final interpretation after letting all sink in.
icastes. first of all thank you for your insight. second of all, this is by no means a rant, just a reflection..I admit I am always a bit taken aback when you answer that a particular hex is either 'good' or 'bad' for love or marriage. I find it partiluarly misleading to think only in those terms when it comes to a relationship reading, especially when like in my case we are talking about the very early stages of something, and i was only enquiring about potential in this pleasant exchange. I mean, i know the iching well enough to know there's no way i could expect it to tell me whether something at this stage could be either 'love' , let alone 'marriage'. in my case, i prefer to enquire about relationships as a sort of meditative practice, where my unconscious and conscious expectations often meet and collide through a reading, leaving me more often that not puzzled for a bit and then finally illuminated. this process for me is one that requires looking at readings from all angles, the less black and white about it the better...again,\ just something i thought i'd share, not sure if anyone else here feels the same way but i guess we all have different approaches.
WhiteOwl, you were so spot on. the age difference is what has dominated this exchange with this person, in a very positive way. for the first time in my life i found myself leading a man in a sort of 'him looking up' at me sort of way, we discussed everything from work achievements to spiritual development and i could tell something in him just clicked. i wouldnt be surpised if he'd gone and taken some of my observations about what i perceived as his lack of confidence (he is very talented but somehow unmotivated) and put them straight to practice. in fact i think i can remember the exact moment where i could sense how much what i was saying to him just resonated with what he'd felt.
Which is why Soos' analogy of the human body reacting and rearranging itself was also incredibly accurate and validating! Me, the genaral..who'd have thought it! i guess it maybe time for me to put into practice those hard lessons i learnt from my break up last year, its been a steep hill but the view is just starting to look good again.
thanks all for a great discussion,
stark tree x

i wonder how this ended up