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I finished my supply serotonin-encouraging 5HTP and have noticed a change in the past couple of days without them (namely feeling sad). I have now started on the traditional herbal remedy for depression called St.John's Wort - to see how they compare.
My question was: Is my present-moment sinking feeling due to a chemical/hormonal imbalance?
2.1,2 > 19
My interpretation here is that line 1 says I need to watch this tendency and not allow it to turn into a slippery slope (perhaps by not dwelling on these feelings) and line 2 - It's just the way I was made? Or natural to feel down? And could Hex 19 be saying that if I approach myself and the good opportunities (which I know I am lucky to have at the mo) with reception and faith - and dedication - I can make up for this, perhaps natural, tendency to depression?
More generally, what you feel in potential now will soon harden into solid fact. Beginnings of earth, the realising power: things are becoming real. There’s a limited window of opportunity to opt in or out, change things or not.
Getting this hexagram means to go forward. Your false assumption will be straightened out, and everything will work out for the best.
Nothing to re-hash, nothing to double-check, no need to re-live the past, everything is ready.
The other day someone (Hilary, actually) said that I should try to make it easier to understand the answer by working harder on the question. Phrase the question in such a way that I would be more likely to understand the answer. So I pass this on. You asked a yes/no question that included an assumption about chemical or hormonal imbalance...tough to find these terms in the oracle.
Tiger
Yes - I suppose that could help, but then perhaps you are then limiting your reading to being subjective - and your question itself may be a symptom of having the wrong end of the stick in your situation, or imposing on the reading your expectations?
I've heard someone say that you should have no question - approaching the Yi with no pre-conceived ideas about your situation....
So that is the opposite side of that coin so sometimes, no question is like the Yi is given the opportunity to tell you something you need to hear, more generally...
No, not really, maybe just once or twice...I have some sleep issues and I think I tried it and was unimpressed. I am trying passionflower right now. It has an additive effect with the 5-HTP; see below.Have you ever had any experience with St. John's Wort?
Passionflower (Passiflora incarnate)
Passion flower is calming and sleep inducing, relieves pain, and muscular spasms. It is useful for the treatment of general insomnia, insomnia in asthmatics, hysteria, cramps, and nerve pain.
Passionflower was widely used by the Aztecs as a sedative and analgesic. Its constituents include harmine. Harmine was originally known as telepathine because of its peculiar ability to induce a contemplative state and mild euphoria. It was later used by the Germans in World War II as "truth serum." Harmine and related compounds can inhibit the breakdown of serotonin, therefore their use with 5-HTP would have an additive effect.
How to Use: Take 30--60 drops of tincture forty-five minutes before bed.
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).