how literally can I take my readings

[mariam]

I have started consulting the I Ching again after a period of 25 years in response to an application for a job I made recently. I have been agonising over whether to take up a secondment in a chaotic, stressful department with challenging but potentially interesting work or stay with a supportive team I have been with for five years and regard as my family - though the work can sometimes be a bit boring - though there are future possibilities for change. My first question was: what effect will taking the new job have on my life. I drew 47 K'un/Oppression (exhaustion) with moving lines 1:
One sits oppressed under a bare tree
And strays into a gloomy valley.
For three years one sees nothing.

3: A man permits himself to be oppressed by stone,
And leans on thorns and thistles.
He enters his house and does not see his wife.
Misfortune.

4: He comes very quietly, oppressed in a golden carriage. Humiliation, but the end is reached.

I then asked: What effect will staying in my team have on my life?
I drew: 46 Sheng/Pushing Upward

Pushing upward has supreme success, One must see the great man. Fear not. Departure towards the south brings great fortune.

Moving lines: 3: nine in the third place means: One pushes upward into an empty city
and 5: Perseverance brings good fortune. One pushes upwards by steps.

My gut instinct was to turn the job down. Was I correct to apply such a direct interpretation?

 

[my_key]

Hi mariam
Conversations with Yi are very personal things. There is only one person who can truely interpret your reading and that's you. It means to you what it means to you - other people can only tell you what it means to them.

It's also good to remember that we never make a bad decision. All the decisions we make are the best we can make at that time. If it's any help gut instincts are always a good indicator in my world.

Be well
Mike

 

[oponopono]

Dear mariam,

I fully agree with My_key, your gut feelings should prevail, and if it was so strong you should really consider following it. But as you came to the Forum I can also add that reading both answers and imagining how I would react if those answers were given to questions of mine, I must agree, I had the same gut-feeling as you. Staying in your team sounds more promising for the time being.

Good decision making!
Yoana

 

[mariam]

thank you so much for your reassurance. After I made the decision - and saw the job go to someone else - I felt wretched - terribly low - but quite honestly, I would have felt exactly the same if I had decided to leave. Post-decision depression I think it is called. I think there was some warning of this in the first reading. I feel much better and calmer today. This forum is a wonderful resource.