Starting business...

[Regulus]

Hi,
I'm new here. I don't know if it's okay to post this...
I just used the oracle on this site. But I don't know if online I Ching are any good.
So I'm not posting the result. Can someone please do a reading for me?
I want to start a business. Should I keep trying or wait until a better time...?
I'm quite confused about this.
Thanks

 

[steve]

You need to post the reading , what happened when you used the oracle?

 

[Regulus]

I'm quite new to the I Ching. I'll do it with real coins and report back...

 

[Regulus]

Head: 3 Tail: 2

8
8
8
6
7
6

That's all I know...

 

[diamanda]

Hi Regulus,

You really need to learn how to cast and post your result in hexagrams.
It's difficult and annoying for people to try to figure out line by line what you got.
Please keep that in mind for future casts.
As an exception I took the time to decipher this, so your answer was:

13, changing lines 1 and 3, resulting hexagram 12

This is not a good time to start a business. It may well start good, and
you will make a good effort to 'go out there' and meet people/find
customers etc, but the competition will be nasty and you will be forced
to give up.

 

[arimoshe]

Diamanda, I think you got it reversed?

Assuming even numbers are yin and odd is yang: I see from Regulus 7.1.3 changing to 11.

Regulus, if you'd like some support for learning how to cast and interpret the numbers into yin and yang lines and hexagrams let me know and I'd be happy to share the basics with you. And yes in my experience the online iching reading here is just as good as casting coins.

Regarding your casting: to me the essential messages of the changing lines is that your vision might not yet be clear. Take some more time to really know what you are creating. When you are confident and clear - then get get to work. 7 might imply a lack of discipline on your part. Would you say that is true?

 

[diamanda]

Arimoshe, I wrote the lines down according to how many heads/tails Regulus got.
It's completely arbitrary to give number values to heads/tails, as long as you always stick to the same method.
See here:

http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/learn/consult/casting.php
"Each head counts three; each tail counts two.
(Or the other way round, if you prefer - there is no 'right way'.)"

 

[Regulus]

Diamanda,
sorry for being annoying. 'Twas the last time.
Actually I was jotting down the results, someone else was tossing the coins. So maybe, there might be a mistake somewhere. Just maybe... Will check about this later. Like I said it was the very first time.

arimoshe,
What I want to do is a service-based business. I do have the vision okay. I want to start small and simple.
It's more like I don't know who exactly clients are gonna be.

I wouldn't say there's a lack of discipline rather that I'm not in great shape nowadays and also some clutter around me.

And, just found this tool.

http://www.eclecticenergies.com/iching/lines.php

Can you help enter the results? If so, cool!

 

[diamanda]

Regulus sorry myself if I phrased it too strongly, I certainly didn't mean you are annoying!
I was too lazy to draw the lines

Depending on the method each person uses, the result is either what I wrote,
or what arimoshe wrote.

If it's what I wrote, see previous post for my view of the interpretation.
If it's what arimoshe wrote, then again it's not a good time for starting a business, because as arimoshe said, the preparation is not right. Line 7.3 is very unfavourable, it pictures a lost war.

Please don't let the initial confusion deter you - it's just a matter of finding a method of casting that's easy for you and stick to it. Have another look at the link I posted, it explains it nicely.

 

[Regulus]

Checked. There were mistake(s) by the caster. Disregard that reading.
Before that reading, I used the oracle here, asking whether I'd get help for this. Seems pretty positive imo. I'll trust this oracle, since you said it's reliable. I'll therefore use the online version.

Hexagram 11, Flow changing to Hexagram 15, Integrity

 

[arimoshe]

Yes that's a very positive reading and the emphasis is to just do what you are called to do, not make a big deal out of it, make sure you are acting with integrity (11.2 and 15) and let destiny do it's thing.
I recommend you read up on the meaning of hexagram 11 and it's changing lines 1 and 2, and then hexagram 15 to learn more about what the oracle is telling you.