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I rarely see this hexagram except when I am in a situation of darkness and difficulty. Line 1 strongly suggests that you go out and meet with somebody to help you. A temporary alliance, but important help. When it is very dark, you need help seeing. Could be a therapist, an agency, or just someone who you will listen to, and who is your guide out of the darkness.My current psychological situation is in a pretty bad state. Through a series of situations that have lasted over the years, I have come to be in a state from which I find it impossible to come out. The more I try, the more I get battered.
I asked the Yi - what should I do to come out of this situation, and got 55.1.2.4 -> 46
Even though 55 refers to abundance of the positive type, I guess in this hex it might be referring to the abundance of sorrow and a battered psyche ?
Hi Ragini, first off you are really doing the right thing if you take issues of depression to a professional who can help with things like this.
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It also relates to an eclipse which is an obvious metaphor for personal darkness and depression which obscures vision and affects perspective.
The great thing is eclipses obviously end - I think Hilary has written something cool about the way the eclipse as described in line 4 is sort of like the darkness just before the dawn.
The relating hexagram 46 is a very positive one which says that step by step you are going to climb to higher and firmer ground.
You already know what you have to do.Wishing you well in that.
I rarely see this hexagram except when I am in a situation of darkness and difficulty. Line 1 strongly suggests that you go out and meet with somebody to help you. A temporary alliance, but important help. When it is very dark, you need help seeing. Could be a therapist, an agency, or just someone who you will listen to, and who is your guide out of the darkness.
Line 2 suggests that even in darkness, you will be able to navigate. But you must be moving toward something.
Line 4 indicates meeting someone again, at a later stage, somebody you might not recognize as an ally. This is at a later stage when you are out and about.
Get moving toward help.
What should I do to come out of this situation?
55.1.2.4 > 46
Ragini, my personal bias is, Leave your mind alone as James Thurber recommended. Change your environment rather than attempting to change yourself. You are unlikely to change yourself directly. Stay away from psychologists, meditation retreats, or other New Age remedies. I practice what I preach, and this year, though not perfect, has been bountiful for me. I have changed myself by changing my environment. Things that have been on the back burner for fifteen years I have changed this year.
Although you are indefinite about your concern (love life, profession, health -- those are the biggies), hexagram 55 is about the enlargement of boundaries. You feel oppressed because you do not know how to enlarge the box you live it. I guarantee you that you are just as valuable as every other human on the face of the earth. Dedicate yourself to something (46). Identify the points of disorganization in your life and correct them. What are the negative dreams you have at night? Well, these are the things you need to work on now.
H35.1 -> 21: Gnawing Through to ProgressI did talk to a therapist. We are considering medication as an alternative. I have been trying to read details and accounts of those who have tried medication for countering depression. Even though medication might/will help, I believe there might be non medical ways of managing depression and anxiety.
I asked the Yi - please advise me regarding medication for my problem. I got 35.1 -> 21
Please advise me regarding medication for my problem.
35.1 > 21
Congratulations on taking steps to resolve this difficult problem. 21 suggests oral medication. The translation of 35.1 is problematical. I think it is a reference to setting traps for rodents (the hamster of 35.4), and its general meaning is, Use whatever method works.
H35.1 -> 21: Gnawing Through to Progress
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So, clearly taking a pill is just the beginning of Gnawing Through.
Tiger
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