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Hi,
I'm new to I Ching (and this site), and I was hoping to get some help interpreting a reading.
I asked if I should go to an event tomorrow night, and I got hexagram 48 changing to 45 at lines 2, 3, and 4.
Here's some background: I'd very much like to attend the event, but I already made plans to attend an ex-boyfriend's birthday party. We've been broken up for three years and are still friends, even though we aren't a regular part of each other's lives, which I have no interest in changing. He would be disappointed if I didn't attend.
The other event tomorrow night, the one I'd really to go to, will be filled with people that I might like to get to know better. I know quite a few people that will be attending, but they're acquaintances rather than friends. Several are older, and present professional opportunities. Some are younger, and present romantic and social opportunities. But I don't have anyone to bring along, and since I don't know any of them extremely well, I'm nervous about going and don't know if attending tomorrow night will be to my benefit or to my detriment.
The second line seems to caution me against going, because the event probably will exacerbate my faults. Or it urges me to be aware of my flaws if I do attend.
The third line seems to encourage me to go. I feel like it would be braver to go, and I want to be confident enough to take risks and do things that might make me uncomfortable (in measure) in order to grow.
The fourth line seems to urge me to wait as I grow stronger internally, and that I'll be prepared when a similar opportunity presents itself next time.
Any thoughts on that reading?
Thanks for your help!
-N
I'm new to I Ching (and this site), and I was hoping to get some help interpreting a reading.
I asked if I should go to an event tomorrow night, and I got hexagram 48 changing to 45 at lines 2, 3, and 4.
Here's some background: I'd very much like to attend the event, but I already made plans to attend an ex-boyfriend's birthday party. We've been broken up for three years and are still friends, even though we aren't a regular part of each other's lives, which I have no interest in changing. He would be disappointed if I didn't attend.
The other event tomorrow night, the one I'd really to go to, will be filled with people that I might like to get to know better. I know quite a few people that will be attending, but they're acquaintances rather than friends. Several are older, and present professional opportunities. Some are younger, and present romantic and social opportunities. But I don't have anyone to bring along, and since I don't know any of them extremely well, I'm nervous about going and don't know if attending tomorrow night will be to my benefit or to my detriment.
The second line seems to caution me against going, because the event probably will exacerbate my faults. Or it urges me to be aware of my flaws if I do attend.
The third line seems to encourage me to go. I feel like it would be braver to go, and I want to be confident enough to take risks and do things that might make me uncomfortable (in measure) in order to grow.
The fourth line seems to urge me to wait as I grow stronger internally, and that I'll be prepared when a similar opportunity presents itself next time.
Any thoughts on that reading?
Thanks for your help!
-N