Quitting job Hexagram 42.2.6 > 60

[MarryingMaiden]

Hexagram 42.2.6 > 60

Hi everyone! This is my first post on this amazing community. Thank you for helping us all find clarity.

I asked the I Ching how can I gather courage to quit my job. I recently married, but I work as a private cook for a family, thousands of quilometers from my husband, whom I can only see for a few days every couple of months.

I committed to the job on a long term basis but after 8 months I am fed up of being away from my love and of devoting 14 and sometimes more hours a day to this job. I really need the money to pay an old debt, but I guess I can make it work for me with the support of my husband

I am very anxious about breaking any kind of commitment and this one in particular is terrifying me. At the same time I have a feeling, or perhaps just wishful thinking, that my employers will sell the house I work on, which would make the quitting easier.

Now, about 42.2. "Someone is doing something for one. One is in a very advantageous position, which was probably already clear. There is no reason at all to give up. Showing appreciation is in order. Things go well. "

The job has served me so far and my work is highly appreciated. I've also expressed gratitude for the perks of my job. I have, however, been very pressed to commit and stay and my replies to the jokes about me not leaving have never been too compromising.

Line 6: "One is not in any way benefiting the situation. Others are probably irritated by this. It is not a good idea to stubbornly persist in this attitude. Things don't go well."

This could refer to my husband. He is anxious to have me around, and so am I to be next to him. He is willing to help me reorganize my life financially. He's been very supportive of my decision of being away for a while, but now we are approaching the time frame we agreed and he's getting impatient.

Changing hexagram 60

"Limitations to keep within. There is progress. Limitations that are unpleasant are usually not for always accepted."

I cannot grasp this one. Does it mean I won't be able to avoid judgement and bitterness from my employers when I quit?

Thank you so much.

 

[Endless]

Changing hexagram 60

"Limitations to keep within. There is progress. Limitations that are unpleasant are usually not for always accepted."

I cannot grasp this one. Does it mean I won't be able to avoid judgement and bitterness from my employers when I quit?

Might be talking about your husband's requirements.

 

[taoscopy]

Honestly, just by the look of 60 I would have say yes quit your job, but when validating my interpretation the Yi told me that you need to ask the follow-up questions.

Quitting job Hexagram 42.2.6 > 60

42 - To progress

Looking for what can be improved.

2 - Others offer to one to meet their representative before one decides to associate.

6 - When someone asks others to accept without having prepared anything, they become a target.
In the making
60 - Limit

One does not go further.

So, your follow-up questions are:

What can be improved? (from 42)
Who/what are the representatives? (from 42.2)
And 42.6 has 3 follow-ups questions:

Accept what?
Prepared what?
Target for what?

 

[Trojina]

Honestly, just by the look of 60 I would have say yes quit your job, but when validating my interpretation the Yi told me that you need to ask the follow-up questions.

Yi did not tell you to tell her to ask more questions. You might suggest she ask another question but to say God (aka Yi according to you) ordered it is misleading.

 

[Trojina]

I asked the I Ching how can I gather courage to quit my job. I recently married, but I work as a private cook for a family, thousands of quilometers from my husband, whom I can only see for a few days every couple of months.

You got 42.2.6>60. Somewhere in the situation there is a great blessing (42.2) you are in danger of underestimating or under valuing (42.6). 42.6 can be the line where one is simply not seeing other's input into something. One isn't taking account of others in some way. I cannot tell if this would be your husband you are not considering enough or your employers. Or might it even describe your employers treatment of you ?

I noticed the yang change pattern is 4, yin pattern 49. I feel there is something you aren't taking account of here because you aren't noticing ? What might that be ? It doesn't sound feasible to be so far from your husband, but OTOH is doing this work part of a greater plan to build a better life together eventually ?

I findit hard to say how it applies exactly so agree you may need to do further casts. Yi didn't tell me this it's just I'm not getting sufficient clarity here. I suspect there's more to the situation than you might have time to share ?


I would say where 42.6 appears think long and hard before giving anything up. There's a song that comes to mind for 42.6 which has been playing in my head by Joni Mitchell. Something like

"Don't it always go to show
That you don't know what you got till it's gone"

So look hard at all you have got and what it's for before making choices. You are always free to leave an employer BTW regardless of how they might feel.

 

[Trojina]

BTW who wrote these commentaries ? Can you say who you are quoting ? They are not the words of the I Ching, only someone's idea about what it means so, it would be good to know who it is.

Now, about 42.2. "Someone is doing something for one. One is in a very advantageous position, which was probably already clear. There is no reason at all to give up. Showing appreciation is in order. Things go well. "

The job has served me so far and my work is highly appreciated. I've also expressed gratitude for the perks of my job. I have, however, been very pressed to commit and stay and my replies to the jokes about me not leaving have never been too compromising.

Line 6: "One is not in any way benefiting the situation. Others are probably irritated by this. It is not a good idea to stubbornly persist in this attitude. Things don't go well."