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Polveiro

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Hello guys! This is my first post here and I'm not a native spkear neither have been to a country that has English as official language, so, I'm sorry for any weird mistakes I make.

I will try to be short:
-Situation: There's this girl who I like. I'm totally blank if she likes me or not (saying in the romantic level here, we've been talking for some time and we have some sort of friendship. Sometimes I think she is flirting and some observations have made me come to a conclusion that she may like me.). Another thing, Saturday (december, 6th) we have a very important test (will decide, together with 2 more tests, our professional future) and we are probably not going to have much contact after the test (vacations). Yes, I have her phone number but I usually don't call people in vacation.

- Question (I will translate here trying to maintain the original meaning): Is it advisable that I tell her (I used her name instead of the pronoun in the original question) my feelings(1) in next week?
(1): my feelings: Do I want to date her? Kinda of. I want a romantic relationship, hmm, I'd say yes. However, I think the dating ritual is almost lying. I don't want to build a superficial connection or a connection that is based on "make-up"(= I want to know both the dark side and the good side, I want the essence of her person…).
* I have never dated before (I'm in high school) and I have never had a very close friend. She is not a close friend yet, but I may be "misunderstanding" the stuff I want.

-Answer: Hexagram 28 (Ta Kuo) changing to 48 (Ching). 9 in the 4th line.
* The first one says: Excess! The beam is yielding. It is favorable to have a objective or destiny in sight (my interpretation: to let her know what I feel about her and ask her on a date explaining to her my views on romantic relationship and its building process). Success! (Yes, I should tell her).
# 9 in 4th line: the beam is steady - good luck (the thing that could crack a possible romantic relationship can't now, because it won't yield). If it were in another way, it would have guilty. Comment(its written in the book): good luck in the sense that the beam doesn't yield - this means absence of bad luck.
* The second hexagram says: A well. It is possible to change a city but not a well.(commentary of the author: the construction of one city depends on our own, but it is impossible to move a well to a place where the nature cannot provide water. The implication is that our activities are limited by natural conditions (the relationship is the activity and the natural conditions are her feelings)). A well doest get greater neither smaller. However, often when people come to get water the rope is too short or the bucket is broken. Misfortune!

So, I'm very confused.:confused: The first one say success and the other says misfortune.
 

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Hi Polveiro,

Something which may help you is Hilary's blog article, A few essentials for Yijing readings. In case you don't already know, Hilary Barrett is an I Ching scholar and diviner, and the owner of this website.

Personally, I think the reading - line 28.4 - is saying to proceed slowly and carefully. Try to be very attuned to what is "too much," and then stop before you get to that point. In other words, if you call her, just talk about neutral things for a while - don't rush right in with a proclamation of your feelings. That could cause the beam to collapse. At some point, if things seem to be going well (if the beam is "holding up") maybe ask her to do something with you, casually.

This is a different metaphor, but when you're filling a bucket, you can fill it, and fill it, and you can even fill it above the rim a tiny little bit - but you get to the point where one more drop causes it to spill over. It might be similar with your new relationship.
 

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Thanks. I have asked a "forbidden" question (what will happen if I told her…) before coming to this and answer was: Problems.
I stopped reading there. The I Ching gave me a very direct response and I am very thankful for it, but anyway, you helped me too :)
 

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I agree with what Lisa said. It's important to keep the contact light and cheerful, and then you will enjoy it instead of worrying about whether or not you said the wrong thing. :)
 

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