How Far into the Future?

[maurey]

I'm so pleased to have found this community! I have been consulting the I Ching in one way or another ever since I was in eighth grade! It has been something that I have turned to in times of real crisis and I'm sure like everyone here, the guidance has been spookily accurate. But here's the rub-- can it foretell the future?

For example, if I ask a question like "what will be the final outcome of this relationship or association with this person?" and I get 45 (gathering together) which changes to 32 (duration)... does that work far into the future? or, since I asked the question in May of this year, have those things already come to pass?

I have asked questions giving specific time dates (in a year's time, etc) and had the I Ching predict things very accurately. But now that I am reading in more depth and detail about the oracle, most people tend to say that it gives you a reading for the present and the near future, nothing else. What do others think about this?

 

[willowfox]

But here's the rub-- can it foretell the future?

I have asked questions giving specific time dates (in a year's time, etc) and had the I Ching predict things very accurately.

You have answered your own question. And therefore you have no need to ask advice from people here, so just carry on believing in what you are doing, never doubt the truth.

 

[maurey]

Well if that's the case...

Then I'm confused. I'll try to keep it short, but basically, I had a passionate affair with someone I worked with. I was married and he had a long term/live in girlfriend. I ended my marriage and moved out. He didn't end his relationship with his girlfriend (didn't tell her either though it was very obvious that she knew what was going on) and then was posted to do his teacher training in New Caledonia (a tiny island beyond Australia and New Zealand), something that was conveniently arranged by his girlfriend's father, so they both went there together (the girlfriend's father lives there). Things are/were very much up in the air between the two of us. At first we wrote, called and emailed constantly then I got a bit nervous and said that I didn't want any more contact. That lasted about a week as both of us were miserable. Now we text three/four times a week--I only respond to him, just about his teacher training and what's going on in school for me, cheerful and chatty. I am trying hard not to keep my internal eye on his situation but his training will finish in 2009 at the end of the school year and I do wonder what might happen and what direction the situation will go in....

Here are some of the readings I've done

The final outcome of he and I
45 (Gathering Together) to 32 (Duration)

The final outcome of he and his girlfriend
54 (The Marrying Maiden) to 49 (Revolution/Molting)

What his time is like in New Caledonia
48 (the Well) to 36 (Darkening of the Light)

What will happen to he and I when he finishes his training
34 (Great Power) to 5 (Waiting)

What will happen to he and his girlfriend when he finishes his training
38 (Opposition) to 17 (Following)

As you can probably guess, getting Following (17) for he and his girlfriend really bothered me, as she has done exactly that... followed him around while he gets trained up in his brilliant career. And on the surface, it says more of the same. But some interpretations seem to say that Following is more about following your own truth and following your real self, no matter how difficult that is. And I know, at least for the time that we were together, there was true love between us. It was and is a life changing relationship, for the both of us. Now that he is on the other side of the world and we are texting politely and carefully to one another, doubts have begun to creep in.

Would really appreciate your thoughts but be gentle-- I am so caught up with this!

Thanks xx