Please help me understand my readings!!

[jdd1]

Hi everyone, i consulted the i ching several weeks ago regarding my pregnancy.
I asked it if i would have a successful pregnancy.
Anyway, i got hexagram #19 with the bottom line and third line changing which resulted in hexagram #46.
Now, can someone please explain what this means because all i am focusing on is hexagram #19 and the text that says "when the eighth month comes there will be misfortune" Now i am terrified that something is going to go wrong with my pregnancy in the 8th month.
Does the first hexagram count or should i be focussing on the 2nd hexagram i recieved?
I am still a learner with the i ching, as you can probably guess.
Thank you

 

[willowfox]

I asked it if i would have a successful pregnancy.
hexagram #19.1,3 > #46.

What a nice answer, everything looks very good indeed but don't get lazy, make sure that you have regular checkups with your doctor.

 

[jdd1]

Thank you so much for your answer.I am visiting my doctor and midwife regulary and will continue to do so. I have got to try and get this 8th month out of my mind and hope everythin will be ok.

 

[willowfox]

Your answer was 19.1,3 not Hex 19, so take no notice. Anyway, if you continue with you visits to the doctor then there will be no surprises.

 

[titania]

"when the eighth month comes there will be misfortune"

I don't think this is a prediction of certain disaster, but a warning against complacency. Hexagram 19 describes a period where everything is easy and pleasant. The danger is that it will give you a false sense of security and make you lazy, hence WillowFox's advice about continuing to get regular checkups.

And of course no pregnancy is completely easy and pleasant. You don't need the I Ching to tell you that the eighth month often brings misfortune in the form of backache, constipation, moodiness, etc. As hex 46 suggests, you have to take things step by step in order to achieve something high and great.

 

[bamboo]

If you calculate the 8th month as the 8th month from when you did the reading, the baby will already be born!! and yes, be prepared!! for the grandest, most lovely,blissful loving time of your life but probably the hardest work you will ever do! ( if this is not your first child, you may not be aware of how your world will turn upside down and be in disarray.) dont count on being a perfect housekeeper! expect glorious chaos, little sleep, and unexpectated surprises, confusions about HOW TO DO THIS RIGHT, without the instructional manual that doesnt come with the baby
So the eight month from your reading will be not misfortune so much as pure shock at how such a litle baby can turn our worlds around, and the shock at how different your life will become.

i suggest that you can prepare for the eighth month by nourishing yourself with delicious foods, lots of free relaxation, enjoy the months of your freedom, pamper and nurture yourself with lavish massage, dance and happy dreamy walks, reading idly while you have time, and luxuriating in the quiet nesting time. If you reealy want to prepare for th 8th month, you might also set up the nusery, and while you have pre-baby time, you can do what a wonderful friend I know did.........make your meals now and freeze them, fillyour freezer with ready-to-cook wholesome plates of delicious meals. That will be one less thing to do when you get real busy with babycare. Your own meals will be already to pop into the oven, and you''ll need them to stay nourished yourself.

Just for the record, I think 19.1.3 to 46 is probably one of the sweetest readings to get about a pregnancy. It is the harbinger of spring, new life coming, new life which is slowly rising up to full stature. you are also OVerseeing the process and taking care of what you must prepare for her arrival. The eight month is not unfortunate unless we dont prepare the necessities, and then prepare ourselves for big change...two people will be born that day: a child, and a mother. keep rested, eat well, and then do "nesting" pregnant woman do. Make the nest delightful and then be sure to plan ahead for self-nurturing...eg, the prepared meals frozen, liningyour sources of help, support; and committing yourself to the ways you will self-nurture when the baby comes. maybe develop a group of friend with babies who can support you and be able to phone talk with them when you have questions

have no fear, this reading is very positive. Enjoy this wonderful time of being so close to your growing child

 

[titania]

Is it too late to change my answer? Bamboo's really makes a lot more sense in relation to hexagram 19, which also connotes the season of spring, a time of growth and blossoming. The eighth month is a reminder that this cycle will end and the new one will hold new challenges and risks. So while it still makes sense to ascend carefully through the stages of pregnancy, the warning of 19 is more likely a reminder to prepare for the challenges you'll face when that cycle is complete.