To act on an encouragement or listen to experience? 61.1,2,3,5,6 > 53

[em ching]

Hello,

I have received positive vibes from someone recently but I don't want to read too much into it... My question was should I contact this person about something they had expressed an interest in, or should i wait until I see them again? (When I'm sure that there is something to go on - I don't want to 'play ball' if it's not the right time... and put undue pressure on things.

I received 61.1,2,3, 5, 6 > 53

Pretty postitive But I think saying wait until I'm sure? Or should I be true to myself and show encouragement back now? Or let it develop Gradually - but does that mean wait or make small tracks??

Thanks,
:bows:

 

[ginnie]

Your second hexagram is 15, not 53

It is said that the situation changes as each line changes, starting from the bottom. The meaning of the first line moving is not exactly positive for proceeding, because it carries the awareness: "If there is another, then one is not at rest."

However, we often get together with others anyway, as the crane sings to its young [the second moving line], and receive benefits from doing so. After that, however, I see that the movement becomes more problematic. The meaning of the third line moving is: "You make an enemy." Other hexagrams related to the third and fifth moving lines predict the possibility that a cloud of restraint could overcome this relationship and that some loss to you could occur. There is a warning at the top that to persist would bring misfortune.

The second or relating hexagram is number 15, and that would mean that even though you could forge ahead, it would be better -- as you already know yourself -- to proceed with moderation and caution.

I think you would have liked to see the second hexagram be 53, gradual development, but in this case it is not.

 

[em ching]

Oops yeah you're right
I keep doing that recently, and you'd think with all the practice I've had! (too impatient..)

Well, sigh, that speaks loud and clear - modesty (don't read so much into friendliness!)
And line one 'if there is another' - do you mean to say that generally I shouldn't be so dependent on others? Or that he may be involved with another (which may or may not be the case here...)

don't like the idea of making an enemy
I guess line 3 is Loud and clear 'he beats the drum, now he stops now he sobs'
Saying that I shouldn't jump to conclusions only to be rebuffed! (which I'm sure he wouldn't enjoy doing either which could lead to a friendship breakdown so I will keep quiet!)

It is a bit of an ambiguous line though : 'whether this condition is seen to be an affliction or the supreme happiness of love is left to the subjetive verdict of the person concerned'
Only time will tell... I guess it's reminding that love relies on dependency (in romantic relationships escpecially) which is good while it lasts or is actually there.. but bad because it shakes the very core of our being when it goes or doesn't materialise... but we seem to have been programmed that way

Thanks so much for that Barbra - brought me right back to Earth in the nick of time definitely no bad thing in the long run!!

Perhaps 61.6 is saying especially that there's no point in forcing contact : 'A man may count on mere words to awaken faith... if persisted in will have bad consequences...' So I will tread the water, do nothing, and expect nothing.

Thanks for breaking down the reading like that - though if the deterioration suggested comes to pass then that's a bit rubbish but forewarned...
I guess as a whole perhaps the reading is saying that there is a connection but it's more external, perhaps there could not be a deep or emotional attachment here... ah well...

:bows:

 

[maremaria]

My question was should I contact this person about something they had expressed an interest in, or should i wait until I see them again?

I received 61.1,2,3, 5, 6 > 53

Hi Em ching.

You ask "should I do A or should I do B" how can you define to which action Yi answers to ?

Maria

 

[em ching]

My question was actually more straight forward (Should I text him?)
But I added the rest for context - I'm sure to see him quite soon, and should probs wait until them, so as not to give him an inkling that I'm personally interested, or that I think he is... which could be completely wrong and a misreading of 'signs', resulting in

 

[diamanda]

Em you actually asked if action is advised or not, more or less, and
neither 61, nor 15, advise vigorous action towards someone else. We
also see here a fast departure from inner truth. All lines are rapidly
leading to 15. The only line that still stands (actually the only line of
61 that advises 'action') is line 4, and that says "the team horse goes
astray", ie, one goes one's own way. It is clear that action towards
the other person should not be undertaken.

Line 3 speaks of being infatuated and at the mercy of being in love.
A recipe for disaster, really, as one loses any personal strength, and
gives over total control to someone else. Not wise in general, let
alone when you hardly know the other person.

 

[em ching]

Yeah, well I haven't reached the line 3 stage yet (as you know that is with someone else though accepting defeat from now ) and here I am nipping it in the bud hopefully with this other person in light of this answer...
You're right I hardly know him and to act on one bit of encouragement would be supremely naive. I shall forget it ever happened and continue being normal with him with a view to just friendship (If I can handle that )

Thanks Diamanda.
:bows:

 

[ginnie]

About some of these moving lines

Hi again

About the third line moving: One minute we are happy to have a brother, a friend, a boyfriend, a husband, and the next minute we don't even know what happened, we are arguing . . . a rift has opened between us.

About the first line moving: It does not mean that he has another lover. It means that the presence of another human being is a kind of burden on us that can make us feel uneasy or not peaceful. We therefore need to think about things carefully right at the very beginning, taking significant precautions. This is the opposite of rushing right in without thinking!