Hexagram 11.1.2.3.4>16

[Garcia]

I asked the iching for a timeline... how soon am I going to meet my new love... it answered with Hexagram 11 and so many changing lines! (1,2,3,4). It seems positive but would really love to hear your insight as I am not familiar with the iching. Do the number of changing lines implies instability?

Thank you!!!

 

[taoscopy]

You get difficult readings don't you? The number of changing lines has little to do with instability, because each line can describe a facet of your situation. Now you are right in that a lot of changing lines imply a lot of changes, in that aspect it can reflect some instability.

I asked the iching for a timeline... how soon am I going to meet my new love...

11: it's about work

line 1: it's about preparation

line 2: it's about enduring difficult conditions

line 3: you will rejoice when the problem is solved

line 4: it's about dropping your differences

outcome is 16, Youth, involvement is necessary

The problem for interpreting this, is that you didn't ask "what should I do?" but you asked "how soon?"

My interpretation is that you will meet love again when you will succeed at overcoming your current difficulties.

11 - Duty

Organize, prepare one's work.

1 - Preparation will bring success.

2 - Enduring harsh conditions, being attentive, and forgetting their preferences, make it possible to broaden one’s scope.

3 - When a problem arises and one can solve it, they will rejoice.

4 - One drops their differences.
In the making
16 - Youth

Youth can be mobilized. It is a period of indecision which will be emerged through involvement.

 

[Garcia]

I truly wish my readings were simpler... more straightforward. It is what it is though and I really, truly appreciate your help at deciphering the meaning. I guess the messages I am getting point to being patient, concentrating on dealing with what is going on inside and let the flow of life take me to where I might be able to fulfill my wish. Waiting is the hardest part when the desire is so strong!

Thank you very, very much!!!!

 

[taoscopy]

If you want you can dig further into the issue by asking the follow-up questions.

I think it's worth trying, even though I cannot guarantee the result, I'm still experimenting myself with the follow-up, sometimes they are required, sometimes useless, and sometimes they can make the reading more difficult.

However, if you want to try:

Organize, prepare one's work. -> What kind of work?

Preparation will bring success. -> What preparation?

You probably don't need to ask those two together, I leave it to your judgement.

Enduring harsh conditions, being attentive, and forgetting their preferences, make it possible to broaden one’s scope.

-> What harsh conditions?
-> Attentive about what?
-> What preferences?

When a problem arises and one can solve it, they will rejoice.

-> What problem? (normally the problem should be meeting your new love, but you never know, maybe you have a problem to solve first).

One drops their differences.

-> What differences?

Youth can be mobilized. It is a period of indecision which will be emerged through involvement.

-> involvement into what?

As you can see it's a lot of questions! Asking 8 follow-up questions is a lot, but that's the plan the Yi has prepared to guide you, so it's your choice whether you want to follow the Yi's guidance or stop it here.

 

[Garcia]

Thank you Taoscopy! Never thought of doing that... I can see how delving deeper can both: obscure and clarify things. Since it is very important to me, I followed your guidance and went down that route.

I am not certain if my background helps to shed light on the meaning: I am 49 years old, I lost my beloved husband to cancer 8 years ago and for 6 years I remained single... knowing I was not ready yet for a relationship. 2 years ago I met a man and we had a relationship that lasted until about 2 months ago. There was love but we were looking for very different things in a relationship: he wanted just fun and I wanted more. Because I want more is why I started asking the Yi for guidance. I apologize if my questions seem ignorant but I had never before had any knowledge of iching until a friend spoke to me about it... he was so passionate on the subject that I decided to ask and be guided by it... and here I am.

My follow up questions were:

1) "what do I need to prepare, to succeed in manifesting a loving, healthy, romantic relationship?" - Answer was 54.2>51... which seems to tell me I am not ready but I can't quite grasp exactly what I need to "prepare" for other than whatever is coming appears to be big enough to rock my life.

2) "What is the problem I will encounter on my way to have this relationship?" - Answer was 3.5>24 which I have no idea how to interpret

3) "what can I do now to make the harsh conditions I am to encounter easier?"- Answer 35.6>16

4) "What is the main thing I need to focus on right now to facilitate my finding this relationship?" - Amazingly enough... and I got goosebumps all over... the answer, once again, was 35.6>16

You really have no idea how incredibly grateful I am for your input and your words. I've been filled with so many doubts until now... wanting some sort of guidance and I feel very fortunate I found this community. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!

 

[taoscopy]

"what do I need to prepare, to succeed in manifesting a loving, healthy, romantic relationship?" - Answer was 54.2>51..

54.2: You need to free your mind from someone who does not help you, your deceased husband maybe?

Alternatively: You need to drop this idea because it wouldn't help you.

54 - Assistance

Protect one's interests by making oneself useful.

2 - When others don't help, one can leave them.
In the making
51 - Shock

Something is coming which enables the identification of a problem.

"What is the problem I will encounter on my way to have this relationship?" - Answer was 3.5>24

Remedy, getting rid of this love that you carry like a burden.

You want to be sure that you really want to do that. Is it worth it? I guess it's worth considering if the new person can stand the comparison with your husband.

24 invites you to reflect on yourself, why have you been single all this time? If you can't fix this issue then it won't work.

3 - Remedy

Time will need to be spent. Seek assistance and clarify the situation by identifying the problems.

5 - One wants to know before they decide.
In the making
24 - To return

One returns to see the results of their action.

"what can I do now to make the harsh conditions I am to encounter easier?"- Answer 35.6>16

I leave the interpretation to you: When others don't like it, one refrains.

35 - Discovery

Answers come naturally.

6 - When others don't like it, one refrains.
In the making
16 - Youth

Youth can be mobilized. It is a period of indecision which will be emerged through involvement.

"What is the main thing I need to focus on right now to facilitate my finding this relationship?" - Amazingly enough... and I got goosebumps all over... the answer, once again, was 35.6>16

Same: When others don't like it, one refrains.

I leave it to you.

My take is that the Yi is questioning your idea, is it really what you want? As you may know the Yi helps you by revealing what is inside your heart, so the interpretation is not really the point of this, the point is that by reflecting on these readings you will figure out what you really want.

 

[Garcia]

Thank you!!

 

[Tim K]

If you ask about timeline, h11 belongs to the first month (February-March).
And with 3 bottom lines changing, there appears a 4th line, indicating a point in time just after 11.
So in April/May I think.

If we look only at h16, I would say after 3x2 months (each line represents 2 months) has passed, i.e. in March

11-16 can also imply that you should accept what you have for now, a moment of peace and balance, and wait for the proper time to come (16, Repose, between cycles). When it comes - you'll know it.

35.6 Warns about too much action. Reinforcing the idea above.