Thai Amulet 35.3 > 56

[leonine]

Hello all,

kind of a weird/interesting question. I asked about the effect the purchase and use of a Thai Buddhist amulet (complicated topic, if you are not from Thailand, and even more so if you you are a westerner etc) would have on my life in a general sense, and specifically as it relates to my relations with others.

This particular talisman depicts a cat nursing mice, and has numerous power objects/essences contained within it etc etc etc. The notion of the cat nursing mice is that enemies and those in opposition will be brought together etc, and that those the wearer will be treated well by others... much more to it than that, but those are the basics.

I received as an answer to my question:
35.3 to 56

this is obviously not the type of question that will have a definitive answer, such as " will I win that court case on 03/10/16", nonetheless...

Hexagram 35: Progress, Prospering, The Symbol of Forwardness, To Advance, Advancement, Making Headway, Getting the Idea, “Comes the Dawn”Liu: The Marquis K'ang (rich, powerful, healthy) is bestowed with many horses by the king, who receives him three times in a single day
.Liu: The sun rising above the earth is the symbol of Progress. Thus the superior man brightens his character.

line 3:
The third line, magnetic, shows its subject trusted by all around her. All occasion for repentance will disappear.

ok, this all sounds good.

the changing hexagram... which in this case really seems like a background hexagram as it describes a situation i'v been stuck in for a while, that of the social outsider (one without home or hearth or tribe etc ) etc etc

Hexagram 56: The Wanderer, The Symbol of the Traveler, The Exile, Sojourning, The Newcomer, To Lodge, To Travel, Traveling, The Stranger, Strangers, The Traveling Stranger, The Outsider, The Alien, The Gnostic, The Tarot Fool, Wandering, Homeless, Uncommitted, On Your Own, "Can refer to being out of one's element." -- D.F. Hook


Not as beneficial a reading as a 42.2, BUT considering the context and the changing line, seems pretty good to me... Ok, might be better if it were a subjectively positive line from hexagram 13 or 45, but it still seems good.

Anyways, thats my take on it, and I would be interested to read other's take on it, thanks!

 

[rosada]

56. The Wanderer makes me think of travel. Maybe you are being advised this amulet would be suitable for carrying as a charm on a car key ring.

 

[leonine]

thanks for the reply Rosada. There are all sorts of rules regarding Thai amulets, some can only be worn below the belt (say in a pocket) particularly those that involve necromantic elements and thus involve spirits of the dead, for which they use the thai word for ghost Prai (some contain bone ash, or corpse oil, or the hair of a corpse, or coffin wood... they don't mess around over there!) ... oftentimes the makers of the talisman will get the permission, for example, of a family member who died via suicide, to use their remains, with the belief being that being 'employed' in such a way gives the spirit an opportunity to earn merits and thus have a better rebirth when it is is time than if they eventually moved on 'as s' as it were....

whereas ones that involve for example an image of a monk (there are many famous reclusive monks over there who are known for making batches of well renowned and effective talismans) or a Buddha would have to be worn around the neck (above the waist). This particular one doesn't contain any necromantic elements, and would be worn as a necklace.