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I mistakenly posted this in the wrong area earlier, so I am moving it now. Sorry!!!


Hi All,

I recently met a gentleman of interest on a road trip.It was brief, actually the interaction couldn't have been more than 5 minutes long. I saw him and felt drawn to him, like I NEEDED to know this man so I took his arm and wrote my email address on it. I didn't expect to hear from him but lo and behold a week or two later I got a message! We have been emailing each other sporadically since then and I have enjoyed learning more about him and feel that he may actually be a compatible match. There is about a 900 mile difference between where he lives and where I hail from but now I may have a project coming up in his neck of the woods...So I asked the I-Ching, "what if I go to ____ and spend time with him?

My Response was 37 "people in the home" Changes to 42 "increasing"

I think that overall the response is positive. However, the last line in 42 says

"Absolutely no increase in this,
Maybe someone strikes this one.
The heart’s foundation is not lasting.
Pitfall."

Am I to interpret that it will be good to spend time with him but good times will not last?

Perhaps I have misinterpreted entirely, If anyone can shed some insight and point me in the right direction, that would be most appreciated. Also, if there is anything else that I should pay attention to not specifically related to that last line, I would love to hear what you have to say.

Danke!
 

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Hi serinasioux

This is just a quick note on the 'technical' side so to speak. The text that you quoted is from line 6 of hexagram 42, but you don't need to read about 42.6 because you didn't receive that line and it's not connected with the line you received.

For hexagram 37 to change to hexagram 42 it would be line 3 of hexagram 37 that changes, so hexagram 37 line 3 is what you would read. Line 6 of hexagram 42 isn't forming part of your answer.

Regards

Nebu
 

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I see... So it is only the line that is changing that is relevant in the relating hexagram? I haven't been studying for very long and I am glad you told me that! I guess I've been trying to eek sense out of lines I shouldn't!
 

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I would hit the thank you button, but my browser (chrome) isn't showing it. So thanks! ;)
 

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Hi again

If 42 was the relating hexagram, and 37 the primary hexagram, then hexagram 37 line 3 is the meat and bones of the answer to your question.

In addition to 37.3, most diviners would recommend that you read the general text for the relating hexagram too. Personally I agree with the diviners who see the relating hexagram as part of the meat and bones too, but some diviners don't see it that way and would focus exclusively on 37.3.

There is an idea too that line 3 of hexagram 42 can be taken into account and woven into the interpretation in a supplementary/elaborative way. I find it valuable often, but to be honest I'd probably skip that idea for now because it adds a layer of complexity to it, and instead I'd really zone in on 37.3 and the general text of 42. The Yi's cryptic enough as it is :)

The other lines of hex 42 aren't relevant to your answer.

Nebu
 
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Well, that being said...I really am confused by the response now. Any ideas?
 

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if you to ___ and spend time with him, it will be a blessing for the home, are you going to his house?

37.3
Too great severity brings remorse.
Good fortune nonetheless.
When woman and chile dally and laugh
It leads in the end to humiliation.

Best to follow the rules in this place. Eke out a space or way of relating that you can easily fit into without disrupting the way things are set up there and thing should ge well.

The image of 42 is good advice I think
The noble one sees improvement, and so she changes.
When there is excess, she corrects it.'
 

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Well I wasn't planning on going to his house... I have a microhydro systems project that will give me a solid reason to be in his vicinity. I figured since I'm in the general region (I consider within 200 miles to be "close") I should take the effort to spend some time with him. I hadn't thought of staying at his place because I just don't know the boy that well. But perhaps I should...?
 
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Well, that being said...I really am confused by the response now. Any ideas?

Nebu's response and advice is very good. I suggest you read it again, cuz I don't think there's much to add.

Consider a) the primary b) the relating or changing c) the specif change line(s) of the primary.. the first hexagram. That's it. There are specific systems and elaborations, but that need not be of concern if you're just beginning.
 

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Well I wasn't planning on going to his house... I have a microhydro systems project that will give me a solid reason to be in his vicinity. I figured since I'm in the general region (I consider within 200 miles to be "close") I should take the effort to spend some time with him. I hadn't thought of staying at his place because I just don't know the boy that well. But perhaps I should...?

No, I just wrote that from trying to work out what you were asking because you didnt give much info. If you are in the vacinity I'm sure there is no harm in meeting up with someone, just stick within the rules ie. you have said you dont know this person very well, so treat the catch up for exactly for what it is.

37 also points to communicating in a appropriate way too, so notify this person you'll be in town, setup a time for something like coffee etc. that would be my take on whats appropriate, but of course its for you to say at the end of the day.

I'll just paste what I wrote the first time too, its really all that I can help you with, an its my impression of 37 line 3:
Best to follow the rules in this place. Eke out a space or way of relating that you can easily fit into without disrupting the way things are set up there and thing should ge well.
 

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Thank you both! Sorry for making you repeat yourselves. I often tend to analyze myself in circles... All in all, the response is what common sense would indicate without having asked the Yi anyway so maybe I should focus on learning how to ask the right questions ;b
 

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the answer is an advice, to stay there where you are... to increase at first the situations.
once it's time you can meet ;)

also i would not ask the yi using "if" I....?, try a different way to ask a more efficient one in which the yi freely answer you.
 

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