Weight

[cris]

Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope you're all enjoying a serene festive season.

In slightly over a year I have gained 5 kilos. There are various reasons for this, including first and foremost stress and consequent overeating, secondly a medical condition slightly slowing down my metabolism compared to the past, and last but not least the potential approaching of menopause. What to do is obvious - diet and exercise. Easier said than done...

Insight on weight situation: 1.2,4,6 > 63

Hex 1 rarely comes up in my castings, and it's usually hard to grasp. In this case, the combination of the lines and the relating 63 in regard to my query are particularly obscure. I could definitely use your help!

Thanks in advance, and have a great holiday!

 

[rosada]

1. The Creative works sublime success. Furthering through perseverance. The superior man makes himself strong and untiring.
IOW:
The superior man knows having a clear plan for diet and exercise and sticking with it inevitably leads to success.

1.2 Great man appearing in the field. It furthers one to see the great man.
IOW:
It helps to have a personal trainer or a diet buddy to go for jogs in the park with.

1.4 Wavering flight over the depths. No blame.
IOW:
You may fall off the wagon a few times but just get back on.

1.6 Arrogant dragon will have cause for remorse.
IOW:
Don't risk temptation. Avoid fast food joints and carry fruit with you. In short:
63. The superior man takes thought of misfortune and arms himself against it in advance.

 

[cris]

Thanks, Rosada. I was hoping I'd get an easier, ideally effortless solution - 35 unchanging, perhaps? The message now appears clear: I have to get going, and guard against disasters. Less comforting, but at least actionable.

 

[diamant]

Dear @cris , happy holidays to you too.

Insight on weight situation: 1.2.4.6 > 63

The dragon is a symbol of power and also of water. So I'm guessing the weight gain has something to do with some powerful hormone in you. Stress produces harmful messy hormones, and premenopause throws hormones off balance too.

Line 1.2 I describes seeing a doctor about this. 1.4 says jump up and down, so, exercise. Line 1.6 shows a danger that while a particular hormone is sorted, it might become too dominant and throw the whole thing off balance again. 63 shows that everything is in its correct position, and in this case it sounds a bit like homeostasis (the state when everything in our body is fine and working normally without issues).

So the overall impression I get is that it will be very tricky to sort out whichever hormone is causing this. If you do go to the doctor (and most possibly be prescribed with HRT), you'll run the risk of regretting it (1.6). HRT can, after all, cause cancer to some people. You're in a difficult position, hormonal weight gain is a tough nut to crack. On a more positive note, even without HRT hormones do settle down at some point, but it might take a couple of years.

 

[cris]

Hey D! Thanks for your reply
I've recently done blood tests that should tell, among other things, if indeed I'm premenopausal. Once I get the results I'll see the doctor. He's an endocrinologist so should be able to give the best advice about messy hormones. By then, however, I'm afraid the situation will have further deteriorated - there's no way to escape the holiday overeating...!

 

[cris]

I just realized Jupiter is squaring my natal Sun for the third - and last...! - time this year. That might help explain the weight increase. Let's hope its effects go away with him

 

[diamant]

Yikes. I hope it goes away soon. Jupiter on the Ascendant is even worse for weight gain, and in contrast, when I had Saturn transiting my Ascendant I was the slimmest and fittest I've ever been (as in, slim due to fitness, not slim due to illness).

 

[cris]

Interestingly enough, when Jupiter last transited on my Ascendant I started running. I soon felt better, however I didn't really shed any significant weight - I started trimming down once it went away, paradoxically when I had to stop running due to tendinitis. I have not started over yet - maybe I will as soon as it warms up a little!

 

[rosada]

Diamant mentioned that 63 could represent everything being in its right position. I can see this as a positive omen that the steps you are taking to insure your health are effective.

 

[ZeroPoint]

I just realized Jupiter is squaring my natal Sun for the third - and last...! - time this year. That might help explain the weight increase. Let's hope its effects go away with him

If you have any water sign on the Ascendant in your progressed chart-- especially Cancer-- that also shows a time of weight gain. I'm struggling with this one myself!

 

[cris]

Thanks, ZeroPoint! I had occasionally read about astrological progressions, but never got into the subject. Your message gave me the opportunity to do so Air sign on the Ascendant, but Sun in Cancer!