Sick and dizzy, 5.4.5.6. > 14

[Juliah]

For the last fortnight I have been sick and dizzy. Low blood pressure (coffee and other remedies do not work), fatique and lack of energy. At the same time, I am not being nervous, accept the situation as it is, but sometimes I shuffle feebly...

I asked about the deeper causes of my condition, what has cropped up this way, and I got 5.4.5.6. > 14.

I am totally confused with the answer and would be very grateful, friends, for your help.

P.S. I am not pregnant

 

[Tohpol]

The reading seems to suggest waiting and the effects will pass.

Have these symptoms arisen before? If so, you may want to get yourself checked out as it isn't something you want re-occurring. And if you have an aversion to doctors (as I) then you may also want to look at your diet.

Hope you feel better soon.

 

[ginnie]

Have you been taking a new medication? You sound like you are having medication side effects ...

 

[1eleven]

Water over metal - metal (you, the subject) is being exhausted here. Have your kidneys, urinary tract and ears checked. Are you drinking enough water? The mutual and result are both fire over metal. High blood pressure. Have you experienced anger, emotional swings, aggressiveness, etc. lately?

 

[Juliah]

To Ginnie: No, I do not take a new medication, just my usual pills to reduce headache if necessary.

To 1eleven: My blood pressure is low, not high. No strong emotions, like anger or devastation lately. As for drinking, it seems to be enough.

I am confused about two things - hex 14 as related and hex 5 as the answer to the question about the true causes. Yes, as Topal said, my condition seems to be temporal, but the initial question was about the cause.

Thank you again, friends.

 

[1eleven]

If that's the case then you may want to get a check up including ears, kidneys, UT. Please keep us posted and feel better!

 

[1eleven]

Fire may also represent the heart/blood here. Please do get to a doc/specialist - wouldn't hurt to get some blood work ran, too.

 

[pocossin]

The deeper causes of my condition?
5.4.5.6. > 14

Meditation, yoga, or other mental-physiological disciplines may produce hypotensive effects.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypotension

 

[Juliah]

Thank you, Pocossin. I do not practise any mental disciplines

 

[goddessliss]

You have low biorhythms at present. - Liss

 

[pocossin]

For the last fortnight I have been sick and dizzy. Low blood pressure (coffee and other remedies do not work), fatique and lack of energy.

Have you tried drinking more water and eating salty foods? Do you have the means to take your blood pressure? This is important because home remedies can cause blood pressure to increase dangerously. Coffee with its caffeine is a diuretic, can cause body fluids to drop, and thereby reduce blood pressure -- so I have read.

 

[Juliah]

I drink less coffee now, knowing that it does not help increase my blood pressure. I drink little coffee, generally. My appetite is poor these days, and every thought of coffee or any food makes me sick.

Thank you for your advice.

 

[pocossin]

My appetite is poor these days, and every thought of coffee or any food makes me sick.

Not eating might contribute to low blood presssure. Why not try seven or eight small meals a day?

 

[Trojina]

I asked about the deeper causes of my condition, what has cropped up this way, and I got 5.4.5.6. > 14.

I am totally confused with the answer and would be very grateful, friends, for your help

The answer looks to me like it will pass in it's own time. I mean you have hex 5....waiting....changing to 14 'you have'. So with this answer I would simply wait it out.

OTOH why not just see a Dr if worried. There is not much point playing guessing games if you need a diagnosis and some basic health tests. If nothing is found to be wrong then that is the time to ask the Oracle at your leisure....


Look at the lines

5.4 quit waiting in a state of anxiety....move out of it....stop worrying about it
5.5 relax and enjoy yourself
5.6 then you find the solution comes to you without you even having to look

This answer definitely shows you need to quit fretting over this but if you are going to go on fretting please go to the Dr .

BTW you may have vertigo...or some ear issue if you feel dizzy. I can't recall the name of the ear condition that makes people dizzy. It's annoying and uncomfortable but it isn't dangerous...Anyway there may be some quite simple explanation so your main task now is to get out of that pit you are in in line 4....anxious and feeling trapped. Move out of that....!

 

[pocossin]

For the last fortnight I have been sick and dizzy.

Are symptoms sometimes worse? For example, when getting up from a chair or bed or after a meal? I took hexagram 5 as stillness, which suggested yoga but also applies to sitting at a computer or at the kitchen table or lying down. I read hexagram 14 by its trigrams as hollow (Li) over head (Qian), suggesting dizziness. Vertigo can also be caused by otoliths in the inner ear chambers.

 

[Juliah]

No, I am getting better, Pocossin. My blood pressure has become normal, but sickness remains.

 

[kafuka]

Hi, Juliah. Is there anything that worries you? Idk, like a decision you have to make, a conflict?
I think you could try a breathing exercise, 4 sets of 9 (36 in total). 1. - exhale, inhale, 2. - exhale, inhale. Then you may start again. You could also try holding your thumb by "embracing" it by fingers (fist) of the other hand. It should help your stomach. You can also harmonize metal by holding your ring finger and water by holding your index finger. You can do both hands, always hold for a few minutes. For some reason I think that harmonizing metal is the crucial here but you may try all the 3 fingers just to be sure.

 

[Juliah]

Hello Kafuka, thank you for your advice, I really appreciate it.

Yes, sometimes I practise brearthing excersices, when I feel a sudden fear, for example. That helps me overcome it.

 

[1eleven]

Hi Juliah,
How are you feeling? Were you able to get checked out?

 

[Juliah]

Hi 1eleven,

Thank you, I am ok, these days have just a headache. I did not manage to see a doctor since I worked till late.

 

[hsin]

Hexagram 5 also means Nourishment. It may be that this says the cause is a food (or chemical) allergy.

Some people's systems react differently to supplements, for example, than the majority.

You might try keeping a strict journal of everything you take into your body, the time, etc, and note any upswings and/or downswings, all with the goal of uncovering a pattern.

If Hexagram 5 does point at the cause, it may be that Hexagram 14 speaks to the underlying health you typically enjoy--a good constitution that will carry you through this.

All the Best

 

[Juliah]

Thank you, Hsin.

Your understanding the hex 14 here is the same as mine

 

[Tim K]

Juliah did ask 'about the deeper causes of my condition, what has cropped up this way' 5.4.5.6. > 14.
I don't think Yi is describing her symptoms, Yi is showing emotional struggle.

Richmond, Line 4:
The outer world is inactive in this tao (shown by yang line 3);
Here we are having difficulty with so much stillness.

The Chinese image.
Waiting amongst blood. Emerging from the pit.

We wait amongst the unflowing life-fluid but we want to flow, we feel it ought to flow, and this waiting in inactivity feels both unhealthy and confined like the pit; In this line we turn our attention from it and so we emerge from this abysmal feeling.

Juliah wants something to happen, to change so much that the frustration of it not happening is causing the malady, the stillness in her body.

Line 5:
It is good fortune to be nourished by our circumstances rather than straining towards the future. Being alert and aware in the present also enables us to recognize the re-emergence of activity in the life force when this arrives.

She is looking for something false and far away instead of a whole feast that surrounds her.

Line 6:
Here we close ourselves to the life force because it is inactive when we want activity; this will only make us insensitive to it when it changes into activity again. That which will come from the life force in the next phase will be unexpected and when we have fixed attitudes we miss the unexpected.

The Chinese image .
Entering the pit. Three guests arrive unexpectedly, honour them and good fortune comes.

The unexpected guests (three of them which shows change) are symbolizing a new flow of the life force. If we are aware and "honour" them, being attentive, good fortune comes. If on the other hand we allow our impatience to overcome our waiting for change we are entering the pit.

Again, open your eyes, there are possibilities and other sources of nourishment (14 Great Possession/Potential).
Richmond: Possession of what is great; it is wide awareness that creates this success (possession of a great lot of meanness does not).

Let the guests come in, notice them standing at the door and waiting. The body is just a mirror of your state of mind.

 

[Juliah]

Dear Ashteroid,

I am truly impressed with your interpretation, thanks a lot.

If on the other hand we allow our impatience to overcome our waiting for change we are entering the pit.

Be patient - is that the heart of my problem?

 

[Tim K]

Well almost yes, but the main thing here is that you want something to happen while missing what is already present. So instead of enjoying it you are just waiting and starving or depriving yourself.
You need to be more patient in a way that you should allow yourself to enjoy the feast that is around you and 'forget' about the future, it will come when the time is right.

 

[1eleven]

Juliah did ask 'about the deeper causes of my condition, what has cropped up this way' 5.4.5.6. > 14.
I don't think Yi is describing her symptoms, Yi is showing emotional struggle.

"deeper" than what? To me, this implies she already 'knows' of a cause and wants some deeper understanding.

If I were to ask I may go for the "deepest" cause or primary cause. Just a thought.