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[Lodestar]

In my early years I had a real knack for the social world and was very popular with my peers. Later I became very skeptical of the whole meaning of popularity and felt it was just a temptation away from being true to myself.

Now however in order to be sucessful in my freelance career, popularity is just a necessity, but I've completely lost my touch and I'm utterly useless at self-promotion..I do think it's possible to be both popular and true to oneself - but my experience has been people do not want my true-self.. They want the stereo-type. I think I may need to develop a persona and that I'm too focused on 'being sincere'

How can I gain more support from peers and the public for my artistic work?
34uc Great Vigour

Stand in my power. Don't ask permission
For this to yield results, you will need to act with steadiness and consistency – standing in your strength


How close am I to embodying that? Where am I now?
25.4.5-27
5...medicine cannot reach its roots. Accept it as part of the time and accept your place in the big picture. Inner joy is the most effective cure.

5 Don't worry about how or why the unexpected has wreaked misfortune upon your efforts. Circumstances will help you adjust.

De Korne - Wilhelm observes: "That he appears ill comes from his way of taking the illnesses of others upon himself.” This can refer to both other people in the outer world, or to "others" in the inner world of the psyche -- our autonomous drives, appetites, emotions, etc.

I do feel I have been greatly delayed in my development on all fronts, by carrying others and taking responsibility for their weaknesses, often being in parasitic relationships. I wonder is that being pointed out here? Generally as soon as I get into a relationship with a man my life goes downhill - on my own at least my time and money is my own.

 

[Windrell]

Dear Lodestar,
1) 34 fixed : Stand in your Inner Power, Don't ask permission NOR APPROVAL!
2) 25 4,5>27 : I think you missed what I Ching tells you, here's my interpretation:
You have been nourished and you will continue to be nourished by Wu Wang.
Wu Wang means NO PRETENCE, thinking and doing according to your inner truth in the center of your heart!
Line 5 talks about the Illness of Wu Wang, which is PRETENCE, wearing masks and personas, thinking and doing according to your fearful ego, which is exactly the behavior the majority of people choose, UNFORTUNATELY.
The majority of people are cowards so they take refuge in pretending!
Line 5 tells you that YOU ARE HEALTHY, YOU DO NOT NEED ANY MEDICINE,
the environment does!
You UNDERESTIMATE YOURSELF: this is what you must correct!
You are hex 34 already, you stand in your power, BRAVO, WELL DONE, REALIZE THAT AND KEEP ON....
All you need to change is the opinion you hold of yourself.
You are fine, express yourself regardless of material gains or recognition or men by your side!

 

[Lodestar]

Thank you so much Windrell!
This really gladdened my heart. I always try to come from my inner truth. I feel you are right about this, I know it, because such things are not maintained without effort. Maybe my day will come.


I don't know how to stop underestimating myself. I think it comes from childhood. The Relentless criticism from my mother perhaps, her displeasure when I succeeded..

How can I heal the 'Underestimation' what is the path? 62.1.3-51
Wow this seems to describe my problems:
1 a baby bird attempting to fly from the nest prematurely, attempting difficult tasks too quickly. (I used to run away a lot seeking some peace - I had to grow up too quick, take on tasks I was just too young to be able to cope with)
.3 treacherous adversaries, don't under estimate the forces against you.

People are often surprised at some of the things I experience, they see me as this calm person and see some of the undeserved aggressive reactions I get from others as incongruous to the seemingly confident person they know - but I know I am still healing the energies of my childhood and they are still active in my world. So for me this reading is saying to trust myself and my knowledge of the energy patterns I have been living in. The lack of support in childhood is being echoed still, a pattern repeated.

More simply: by paying attention to detail, I will build my confidence.
Understanding the demands of situations and recognising my own limitations and moving forward with care.
This would remedy both .1 and .3. Not to put myself under pressure to achieve, but rather to support myself as a baby bird who needs time to grow and learn.

Emm...

 

[Tohpol]

Agree with Windrell. That was a very honest and eloquent post. You really seem to have a good grasp on what's needed and what the lines are saying.

I recognise some of these struggles from the past. 62 isn't a very sexy hexagram and it can take the wind out of one's sails a bit, but I think you can see these lines as heeding a warning to go slowly, allow yourself the time and space to grow those feathers! Then the sky's the limit...

It does get better even if it feels like one step forward two steps back...:bows:

 

[goddessliss]

....and I see Hex 51 like The Tower card in the tarot - crumbling the walls of the past and stepping into your own!

 

[Windrell]

....and I see Hex 51 like The Tower card in the tarot - crumbling the walls of the past and stepping into your own!

Absolutely agree Goddessliss!
I am very fond of both Tower Tarot card and Hex 51 of I Ching : they describe LIBERATIONompom:ompom:ompom:

 

[goddessliss]

They so do - we just need to get those walls crumbling and empower ourselves!

 

[Lodestar]

Yes, my first ever cheerleaders!! Thankyou!
And I love the idea of the terrifying tower card, in juxtaposition to Disney style cheerleaders!
Liberation here I come! (But gently gently.. )

I'm going to bring those cheerleaders with me in my pocket, they will be like my own private support team

 

[Windrell]

Dear Lodestar, in my opinion hex 62 1,3>51, tells you that you will strike hard in order to break away from your mother and defend yourself against her harmful influence.
There is a way to do it:
Choose the archetype of motherhood you feel that truly nourishes you!
Create a womb/matrix you like and take refuge in it for at least 9 months.
Try to isolate yourself from all the bad vibes for you.
For example: you might surround yourself by plants or animals or objects that "talk " to you and take care of you like a baby; become "submissive" to a woman, regardless of age, who has a character/behavior that makes you feeling safe and happy, a woman who gives you all the encouragement and stimulation you really need!
Stay close to her as long as it takes until you feel you are fed up!
I Ching gave you 62 1,3>51 because it is set up in your destiny to break away from the harmful mother.
It actually tells you that the difficult karma will be over.
The only way for a human being to change completely is to stay hidden in another womb/matrix and to be reborn with a new "program" in the subconscious.
I have experienced it, I know it works and I am sure you will experience it too!

 

[Lodestar]

Wow!
In fact I have spent the past four months doing just that..five months more will bring me to my birth month. I had a potential mother figure recently.. But that just never works for me, they offer help and it all seems great initially but before I know it - I am counselling them and being used by them,as a shoulder to cry on. That's an old pattern too. Now I am more aware at least, at last, so I politely refused this offer.

Nature is the only safe archetype, it does not abuse or make demands of me. So it's to nature I will go.. Somehow! Or a 5 star spa would be quite nice, if the universe should see fit to make that happen somehow! If it tells me that difficult karma is ending I am so so grateful.

Thank-you so much for your support, the cheerleaders and the hugs. It means a great deal to me. :bows: