what are the gelded pigs tusks 26.5>9

[goddessliss]

I asked what will be my reward for entering the competition ?

Line 5 suggests good fortune and the gelded pigs tusks?

what are the gelded pigs tusks 26.5>9

I've no idea what the reward will be though.

- Liss

 

[FlyingFish]

Hi goddessliss!

The key phrase that stands out to me in 26, with regard to your question, is:
"Heaven within the mountain points to hidden treasures."

I think it's telling you the reward may not be what you expect/ hope, but something else of value might be lurking within the process for you. (Or maybe you'll get a reward and extra hidden treasures, too?)

If I had asked what you asked, then when it comes to those gelded pig tusks, I'd be checking in with my motivation for entering the contest and seeing if it feels at all reckless to participate. If so, I'd follow the suggestion to eradicate the roots of that wild force. Then once all of that's in order, and of course only if the prospect of "hidden treasures" sound intriguing enough, I'd go for it

 

[bradford]

He's all smiles now.

 

[goddessliss]

Haha thanks bradford - I hope that means I win somethin'

FlyingFish - thank you. It is a just a competition where you can win different prizes for different answers to word puzzles in a magazine but lots of cash prizes. Out of interest I thought I'd run it past Yi for fun to see how Yi responded and thought it was a great response considering the question so that was why I wondered what the treasure of the gelded pig is.
Should know in a couple of weeks if I win anything - will let ya know.

- Liss

 

[goddessliss]

Nah I got nuffin'

 

[sooo]

It's like a condom for a rampage.

 

[peter2610]

Hi Goddessliss,

26,5 (Wilhelm): The tusk of a gelded boar.
Good fortune

Hexagram 26 examines the various aspects of situations involving "restraint". A gelded boar is a boar which has had its tusk either partially or largely removed (originally it referred to a boar that had had its testes removed). In terms of human behaviour the tusk is a symbolic representation of human impulse to accomplish or achieve something, a gelded tusk is a situation where one applies sufficient self-restraint to prevent this impulse from becoming manifest.

The 'Good fortune' is referring not to any prize or material reward but simply the benefit of acting in accordance with universal harmony - the I Ching is asking you to exercise restraint here, don't enter or don't expect any reward if you do enter.
The parallel nuclear progression to 26,5 - 9 is (54,6 - 38) and this expresses very clearly and directly the emptiness of the situation.