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Newbie: Hex 7--changing at 1, 2 and 6. I'm SO confused! Help, please.

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Hi all,

I posed the following question: Whether I am holding on in vain to the possibility of a permanent (romantic) union with ...?

The answer I received was hexagram 7 (the Army), changing at 1, 2 and 6. I read it and it doesn't make sense to me. With the changes (if I'm doing it right), the first related hexagram is 10 (Treading-Conduct), 2 (the Receptive), and 4 (youthful folly). The nuclear hexagram is Return (the Turning Point).

My problem is reading the primary hexagram, since I understand that the related hexagrams have to do with my own energies and my own personal response. I don't understand the answer the primary hexagram is giving me, though. Yay or nay?

Thank you all so much for your help. I hope I'll be able to understand this stuff well enough in the future to be able to help someone else too.

litdoc
 

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Newbie: Hex 7--changing at 1, 2 and 6. I'm SO confused! Help, please.

Hi newbie...

Hexagram 7 to me means something of being organised, disciplined. Line 1 brings you to hexagram 19 and it probably has something to do with getting on your own path first. By returning to you´re own things the other party at least can see that you do not ´need´him or her, as it is a way to big responsibilty for someone to make you happy... The first thing to know is that you can do that only... It´s great to have someone as company, but is way to much expectation that by getting someone else besides you all problems in live will be gone... There not. You will get other ones... Line 1 is a reflection of getting more confidence in your own doing before looking into doings with someone else... Then changing line 2, the discipline changes into hex. 2, and time of waiting arives... looking at 19, and line 2, you get 24... By still being in your own path the waiting, and letting yourself be let, things will take it´s course. Then changing line 6, the student arives, where 7 is the master, 4 is the student... Probably you have been dealing with this situation, or these kinds of situations earlier on. Not with this person, perhaps, but at least in earlier situations, and then to the Yi probably has said to stay put towards your own goals first... Overall, by looking at changing lines 1,2 & 6, together they make hex. 41... Increase... You are ´confronted´ with the challenge to let yourself more led by the other party, while doing things on your own, continuing what you have been doing all along.

The second hexagram after these changes, makes hex. 27... Spiritual and Mental foods... By going back to yourself first you will have the chance of looking deeper into the matter, and that this is all just going after some feelings, or has a deeper source...

I hope I made some sense what so ever.

Frank
 

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"I posed the following question: Whether I am holding on in vain to the possibility of a permanent (romantic) union with ...?

The answer I received was hexagram 7 (the Army), changing at 1, 2 and 6."

The question's not very well-defined, which makes interpretation difficult, but I'll take a shot at it. I think the Yi's telling you how to proceed with the situation you're asking about. In a simple phrase: organised force. Now, the question you have to ask yourself is whether the Yi's suggesting organised force in relation to the relationship, or whether it's suggesting organised force in relation to leaving the relationship possibility behind you.

Option 1 - romance. The Yi's telling you to approach this relationship and this person very forcefully, with a carefully thought-out plan, like a campaign. Don't be shy, don't be coy, don't be subtle. Be forceful. The relating hex is 27, Nourishment. Put the two hexes together, and it comes out something like: by being forceful and organised in your approach to this relationship, you will nourish yourself on some level.

Option 2 - exit. The Yi's telling you to move forward in your life with organised force, leaving the possibility of relationship with that person in your wake, and this will nourish you on some level.

So, which one is it, do you think? If you're talking romance, then probably you're at or near the top of your desire index lol, so probably your judgement isn't to be trusted lol. But anyway, which one is it, do you think?
 

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Like Dobro said, your choice of question makes this tricky. Were you asking Yi to talk about what you should be doing, or what you're already doing? About what you're doing, or about what might be possible with ...?

Hmm... you know, either way, I have a feeling that hexagram 7 talks about things you're doing, or could be doing. (Dobro thinks it's straightforward advice - he could be right!) It means fighting for a relationship, running a determined campaign to make it happen, no matter what. Sometimes it feels as though you are fighting against the other person to 'defeat' his/her resistance or reluctance. Difficult...

If you think about this as a 'fight' and a personal 'campaign' to conquer resistance and forge a relationship, I think the moving lines make sense.

Following the rules is OK unless they go against your own natural strengths.

If you put yourself out there, right in the middle of the action, and take responsibility for what happens next, you will receive the information you need about what to do. (And that may well change as you go on.)

And if you aspire to a great union, you need to leave 'small people' behind. Maybe that means leaving parts of yourself behind - maybe it asks you whether this individual is really capable of the kind of relationship you want to build.

Hope this helps!
 

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Thanks for your answers to my Newbie question

So far most of the answers I get produce a Scooby-Do "huh?" when I read the answer, so I appreciate your time in helping me learn to read and intuit what I'm reading.

Thanks again,

litdoc
 

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'Huh?' isn't such a bad response to have :) - actually, it's a classic place to start. It leads in well to other questions, and I usually find that if I put the questions into words enough, the answers start to emerge, and I'm on my way.

(Questions like 'What's military campaigning got to do with persisting and trying to make this work?' or 'What's deciding for myself and showing my true colours got to do with redesigning a website?' - and so on. You see how it goes.)
 

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