How can I earn money? 9.2.3>42

[grace heart]

Hello everyone,

Like I’ve been posting of late, I’ve hit a bit of a brick wall financially, which has brought a lot of confusion as to the direction I’m meant to take in life.

I’m yet to hear back from the agents I’ve submitted my new manuscript to (not the immediate solution, but a publishing contract would lift me up no end).
The same goes for a friend who had promised me a well-paid P/T research position which would really sort me out for now & also buy me some time (he can be flaky, though, so not 100%).
The only job application I heard back from (and I sent off many different ones) is this local corporation call centre. I’m meant to go to the assessment day in a couple of weeks, and honestly it feels like going to the gallows... if I wanted to work in with a corporation, I would’ve made sure I had a proper career in one of those by now, innit. (Seriously though, a counsellor friend of mine has told me that this company has had five of their staff committing suicide in the last two years, and that he’s offered to come in and give workshops (they accepted). And whilst I’m not likely to actually kill myself, there are other ways to skin a cat, and I don’t particularly fancy any of them).

After another 4am rising in fear, I asked Yi HOW CAN I START EARNING MONEY?

9.2.3>42

Line 2
'Drawn back, returning.
Good fortune.'

Drawn back - be patient. Returning to self, to center, I suppose. All good.

Line 3
'A cart losing its wheel spokes.
Husband and wife avert their eyes.'

What? Who is averting their eyes? And how can that bring me Increase, which is precisely what I want? I feel like Yi’s onto something here - - but what, exactly?

Thank you.

 

[rosada]

9.2 This return is not so much about returning to one's own center (that's more 9.1), but more like being drawn into a group, perhaps one where the person must adapt their behavior to the group - "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" - or where they return to a group (9.2 changes to 37.Family).
9.3 Suggests that this return isn't entirely a good fit - Like the song says, "How you gonna keep's down on the farm after they've seen Paree?"

This suggests to me that you might have to consider work that requires you to adjust your own philosophy and do things the way the job dictates even if you personally know how things could be run better. Thus to start earning money you may have to accept a job that isn't ideal but hey, 9.2.3 leads to 42 Abundance so that's a good thing!

 

[Liselle]

Oops, crossed posts with Rosada - am happy we agree on line 1 vs. line 2!
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Line 2
'Drawn back, returning.
Good fortune.'

Drawn back - be patient. Returning to self, to center, I suppose. All good.

Mm, I wonder if that sounds more like line 1? Line 2 says drawn back, perhaps as if there's something external about it. Or internal, but still with a sense of being drawn.

Hexagram 9 in general is about a small farmer carefully cultivating his patch of earth, contending with circumstances (like uncooperative weather).

Line 3
'A cart losing its wheel spokes.
Husband and wife avert their eyes.'

What? Who is averting their eyes? And how can that bring me Increase, which is precisely what I want? I feel like Yi’s onto something here - - but what, exactly?

Partners who are averting their eyes...could that mean prospective employers? All the people you're not hearing from, like agents and your research-position friend? Also, "cart losing its wheel spokes" - something is lost, or breaks, that is necessary for forward progress. If the spokes break, the wheels won't turn, and the whole cart is dead in its tracks. A modern equivalent might be a belt in an engine - only a rubber belt, but without it the engine is useless.

It's the combination of the two lines that is connected to Increase, so you might try thinking of the lines sort of sounding together, like a chord (a former member's analogy I like quite a bit).

[Edited] Or - the two lines could be two separate steps. "Drawn back," and/but also deal with the line 3 stuff. Could mean doing both at once, or like a story, where dealing with line 3 requires you to first be "drawn back".

Given your profession, 9 has an "editing" feel to it, maybe. Which may or may not mean you should go be an editor this instant - do you have a portfolio that might need editing? Or your resume, Linkedin page, social media?

That might not be it at all of course.

 

[rosada]

Maybe the 9.2.3 return is simply you returning to the 9 to 5 working world. It's actually a positive reading I think in that it doesn't sound like you are being told you must find some special career defining employment right now - just take a job that isn't too constraining and start Increasing your bank account.
As a side note, 4 of the ten planets we look at in astrology are in Capricorn this month. Often Capricorn is a time when we feel we don't have a lot but this scarcity allows us to see behavior patterns that were not so obvious before and to eliminate wasteful habits.

 

[my_key]

How can I earn money? 9.2.3>42

Hex 9: Contains a sense of doing things slowly and in small steps. Old habits and behaviours have to be addressed and ways of doing things changed. It also encourages you to take notice of what is going on within you as you go forward and search for the line of least resistance to take.

line 2 - your connections with things going on around you are not serving you. Don't get drawn into these situations, stay back, stay contained until you are more sure of what has been pulling you around.
line 3 - you will need to embrace a change of heart and then you will be able to step out and start to gain a better income.

Hex 42: The whole situation you find yourself in is creating a new perspective for your life. Although it's difficult right now, the more you can focus on changing how you are seeing things the sooner the improvement s will begin to appear.

 

[grace heart]

Maybe the 9.2.3 return is simply you returning to the 9 to 5 working world. It's actually a positive reading I think in that it doesn't sound like you are being told you must find some special career defining employment right now - just take a job that isn't too constraining and start Increasing your bank account.
As a side note, 4 of the ten planets we look at in astrology are in Capricorn this month. Often Capricorn is a time when we feel we don't have a lot but this scarcity allows us to see behavior patterns that were not so obvious before and to eliminate wasteful habits.

Reckon we may have us a winner here - get an uncomplicated 9 to 5, and write in my spare time. I have definitely been rather liberal with both my time and money over the last couple of years, when I was fortunate enough to be gifted with abundance of both for a while. The problem with us Grasshoppers is that we genuinely don't believe in the myth of winter until it is upon us and we discover that, yet again, we haven't planned for it all that much.

Incidentally, my MC is in Capricorn. So today call-centre, tomorrow - CEO!

 

[rosada]

Hello Grace,
I'm just now seeing your last entry. Any insight now years later as to what 9.2.3 - 42 might have been saying?

 

[grace heart]

Hello Grace,
I'm just now seeing your last entry. Any insight now years later as to what 9.2.3 - 42 might have been saying?

Morning Rosada,

And thank you for asking. Curiously, another member asked about this only yesterday, upon casting the same answer for a very similar question. And this is what I’ve told her:

"A month after that reading I did get myself a little 9-5 admin job, confirming Rosada’s musings: 'Maybe the 9.2.3 return is simply you returning to the 9 to 5 working world. It's actually a positive reading I think in that it doesn't sound like you are being told you must find some special career defining employment right now - just take a job that isn't too constraining and start Increasing your bank account.'

However, I soon got bored with it and, as my job was with a local university, I decided to start a graduate course instead. In the UK we get a student loan, so that’s what I’ve been living on more or less ever since.

I’m still writing, of course, and had a novel shortlisted for Penguin mentoring/publishing program last year. Concentrating on short stories right now and sending them off, and soon I’ll be starting work on a new novel.

So I think the reading was advising to do whatever I needed to do to survive, and in the meanwhile keep on writing… little by little, through application of patience and steady effort, there will be Increase."

What I didn’t mention was that I’ve been getting bursaries for this and that (not necessarily because I’m especially bright, haha, more because I’m a survivor), so my living standard has not dropped much just because I’ve thrown myself into the barren waters of academia. But of course, I’d much rather have an income from fiction writing, and focus my energy on that. Yi seems not too hot on the idea, however, and we’re falling out over this a LOT, to the point of desensitisation. Perhaps you could ask for me..? No pressure, just a thought, would be grateful and happy to return the favour of you ever need an objective witness.

Oh and, like my new friend, Ana Maria, says, I think feedback is really key here. Maybe Hilary should make it compulsory?

All the best,

GH

 

[rosada]

What is your question?

 

[Ana Maria]

Curiously, another member asked about this only yesterday, upon casting the same answer for a very similar question

Oh and, like my new friend, Ana Maria, says, I think feedback is really key here.

Thanks Grace!

FYI, Rosada and other potential readers: I landed on this thread yesterday bc I asked a very similar question "How can I make this contract work for me?" and I also got 9.2.3>42. Now, I would *not* recommend anyone to go on comparing pears and oranges, questions and answer-lines with the Yi (though I'm guilty of trying that in the past). However, in this case, the context was very similar w/ a slight reversal: I already received bursaries to do the writing but they imply revisiting a previous project. So the issue is not the $ but the logic of going back to a thing of the "past" (my story and 2 other related readings are linked here if anyone a spare moment to look at them and help me interpret a casting w/ 5 changing lines).

:bows:
AM

 

[rosada]

You asked in post #8 “Perhaps you can ask for me” so I am asking you what the question is you want asked (shouldn’t be repeating the same one you already asked and got an answer to).

 

[grace heart]

What is your question?

How can I achieve a successful writing career?

 

[rosada]

How can Grace achieve a successful writing career?

32.2.3.4 - 2

Duration changing to Receptive.

Duration - success if you keep at it!

32.2 Remorse disappears.
- Maybe a reference to things you already wrote that you intend to revise?
32.3 He who does not give duration to his character meets with disgrace.
- A Writer writes! Don't give up!
32.4 No game in the field.
- Maybe some hard headed advice to write what people want to read? Or a snarky comment that you haven't been writing much lately?

The Receptive.
An open field or an empty field?
I think this reading is saying if you write it they will come! (But first you have to write it... )

 

[my_key]

How can Grace achieve a successful writing career?

32.2.3.4 - 2

32 <> 2 - 'Lasting' it's 'suppleness'

So a calling to keep on with the writing as she is now but maybe look at ways that she can adapt. Different genres or avenues of writing that she could explore further.

32.2 - Calls for taking one small step at a time and full inner commitment to the cause. Really believe.
32.3 - Speaks of gifts that are not fully acknowledged or recognised by Grace. Emotionally, some embarrassment or shame may be attached to getting the full benefits from the gift. Holding back something, preventing firing on all cylinders.
32.4 - The fields are without game. Even though you may have a great deal invested in this field what you are really looking for is not in this field.

So ' How can Grace achieve a successful writing career?'

She can do this through hard work and perseverence and engaging in an openness to dicovering new ways to fully accept and utilise the creative gift she has been given. Understanding more clearly what she wants to achieve through her writing needs to be explored. What does 'success' mean for Grace? As right now the way she is approaching this will not produce the 'success' that she is really looking for.

In a nutshell, a plan of action to help Grace achieve a successful writing career - Clarify what she will see as being a success through making an authentic use of her creative talents. Really believe that this success can be achieved and then go for it, one small step at a time.

........ or it may mean nothing like this at all.

Good Luck

 

[rosada]

Thinking about these hexagrams some more..
I'm thinking there's a message here about the importance of completing projects that have already been started. Like your brain and your angels got things aligned for some project that now needs completion - either you complete or revise old writings or throw them away but you need to clear your desk/mind before new inspiration can come in. You've taken this grant that is supporting you for the moment but it is a "shameful gift" if it allows you to avoid this chore! Clear out the old so new seeds can be planted in the fertile field!

 

[grace heart]

How can Grace achieve a successful writing career?

32.2.3.4 - 2

Duration changing to Receptive.

Duration - success if you keep at it!

32.2 Remorse disappears.
- Maybe a reference to things you already wrote that you intend to revise?
32.3 He who does not give duration to his character meets with disgrace.
- A Writer writes! Don't give up!
32.4 No game in the field.
- Maybe some hard headed advice to write what people want to read? Or a snarky comment that you haven't been writing much lately?

The Receptive.
An open field or an empty field?
I think this reading is saying if you write it they will come! (But first you have to write it... )

It’s a noble thing you did there, Rosada, thank you very much.

And thanks for your kind insight: I could feel my attention immediately zooming on the line 4, and my heart dropping. But then I read your commentary and went, ‘Hmmmm...’ Because, so far, the couple of novels that had been picked up by the publishers have received some critical acclaim but, after the initial sales boom, proved largely non-commercial. Although universally relevant, they were officially labelled with Young Adult genre. With two more YA novels gathering dust in the trunk, and my interest shifting to things beyond teenage angst, violence and confusion, I am indeed in the process of moving to a different field.

Lise:
9 at 4: Fields without wildfowl.

Don’t blame the field. If you catch nothing, you are either hunting at the wrong place or moment, or you did not prepare yourself. Hunting is a question of mind, not of hands. A good hunter does not need to run after the game, he waits at the right time at the right spot.

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Another thing: this year, I concentrated on writing short stories and submitting them to competitions. Won’t hear for back for a few months, but someone has to win those cash prizes, right?

James DeKorne’s website:
Editor: There is sometimes an implication in this line that if you would just sit still maybe the game would come to you.

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Reckon you were dead right to suggest the possibility of Yi’s making a snarky comment that I haven't been writing much lately. Because I haven’t. But I have been thinking about writing another novel, a proper adult one this time, and already have three skeleton-drafts in the draw.

Taoscopy 32.2.3.4 (32 > 2):
One removes the superfluous to accommodate their supports.

In order to to this, perhaps I must raise my game, put the writing first for once (my younger son’s moved away now, too, so I’m actually free as a bird... for the first time in my life), stop pestering Yi and Yi’s friends – and just write. Write better.


Thanks again Rosada.

All the best,

Grace

 

[grace heart]

Thinking about these hexagrams some more..
I'm thinking there's a message here about the importance of completing projects that have already been started. Like your brain and your angels got things aligned for some project that now needs completion - either you complete or revise old writings or throw them away but you need to clear your desk/mind before new inspiration can come in. You've taken this grant that is supporting you for the moment but it is a "shameful gift" if it allows you to avoid this chore! Clear out the old so new seeds can be planted in the fertile field!

Astonishing... in addition to three drafts, I have 3 novels to finish - one is about 40,000 words long already... but they are on a rather more commercial side than my normal stuff, so I’m feeling reluctant (ashamed?). Perhaps I will make finishing those off my priority. Hate unfinished business anyway!

 

[grace heart]

How can Grace achieve a successful writing career?

32.2.3.4 - 2

32 <> 2 - 'Lasting' it's 'suppleness'

So a calling to keep on with the writing as she is now but maybe look at ways that she can adapt. Different genres or avenues of writing that she could explore further.

32.2 - Calls for taking one small step at a time and full inner commitment to the cause. Really believe.
32.3 - Speaks of gifts that are not fully acknowledged or recognised by Grace. Emotionally, some embarrassment or shame may be attached to getting the full benefits from the gift. Holding back something, preventing firing on all cylinders.
32.4 - The fields are without game. Even though you may have a great deal invested in this field what you are really looking for is not in this field.

So ' How can Grace achieve a successful writing career?'

She can do this through hard work and perseverence and engaging in an openness to dicovering new ways to fully accept and utilise the creative gift she has been given. Understanding more clearly what she wants to achieve through her writing needs to be explored. What does 'success' mean for Grace? As right now the way she is approaching this will not produce the 'success' that she is really looking for.

In a nutshell, a plan of action to help Grace achieve a successful writing career - Clarify what she will see as being a success through making an authentic use of her creative talents. Really believe that this success can be achieved and then go for it, one small step at a time.

........ or it may mean nothing like this at all.

Good Luck

Thanks for your comments, much appreciated.

Success, quite simply, means getting paid for my writing, enough for me to finally buy a nice home of my own and have enough money to keep me in ice-cream and tulip bulbs for, like, ever. A little bit of appreciation from the readers, as in me knowing they’re getting something out of my stories, would be a total cherry on that cake.

You say: "32.3 - Speaks of gifts that are not fully acknowledged or recognised by Grace. Emotionally, some embarrassment or shame may be attached to getting the full benefits from the gift. Holding back something, preventing firing on all cylinders."

Wow. This could well be about my mum, who had never acknowledged my writing talent (she’s not a reader, so), or the fact that my gifts used to get me into trouble with other kids at school (who thought I was showing off; one girl actually slapped me for “writing too fast”, so obviously I then had to fight her, even though I’m more of a lover than a fighter, y'know what I’m sayin, and find most conflicts too traumatic for words).

"In a nutshell, a plan of action to help Grace achieve a successful writing career - Clarify what she will see as being a success through making an authentic use of her creative talents. Really believe that this success can be achieved and then go for it, one small step at a time."

Sounds good to me. Thank you.