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PG, You need a lotta good lovin'. 10 days under the sheets should do it.
I'd need: 7. Yeah, a big reserve of strength would definitely help.
Jeebuz. Are you saying that from the hexagram or just coz you reckon I need it!?
Isn't 7 about organisation? As in, sorting your talents, assets etc into a strategy type thing? From whence comes strength.
Oh now, you didn't include why in your initial rules. But I'll offer a response anyway.
I said what came to mind when I saw the answer, as I'd apply it to the history of comments you've previously made here on this forum.
Inspired by conversation between elizabeth and lavalamp about relationships and how important it is to know what one needs for oneself in order to be happy, regardless of who they are with, I thought I'd consult I Ching in a similar way - because we are all often chasing happiness, but how many of us really know what we truly need to be happy?
So, I've cast mine, and I'm hoping not only for comments, but for other people to post their own versions (is this the right thread for this?)
Anyway, mine was 55.2.3. changing to 54
I think this is saying that my need for security keeps making me chase my own tail frantically and that I would be happy if I could just relax, learn to be patient and maybe even 'settle down'? (not sure what would constitute settling down for me exactly)
If you think differently, please feel free to say so.
And don't forget to post your own!
Hm. I am really trying to give this the benefit of the doubt, but somehow, from where I'm sitting, you comments seems incredibly inappropriate.
It is I who have offered you the benefit of the doubt. You asked for honest responses? I offered one. Take it or leave it. If you're itching for a fight, look elsewhere. I'll know better next time, thanks.
answer shows you barking up wrong tree in thinking that happiness= needs met. This is reflected in your stance to the question, hex 54....where you mistakenly assume happiness is in some way dependent upon these needs being fulfilled
You have too much choice over things...55 is often a bewildering amount of choice...and yet you cannot actually do very much at all ie 55.3 shows a broken right arm. It looks like alot of choices but you have...but actually you already have all the information you need to choose and take action and go with what is. It is no good to keep hovering with choices here...and yet 55.3 shows you cannot act just yet.
Right now you have to keep still a while as if you had a broken arm and wait for the sky to clear a little.
Thanks Bruce, I like your take on 7... Got that yesyterday. Got 9 unchanging for what I need to be happy. I don't know what that means... Anyone have a good take on 9 unchanging?
Thanks trojan, but isn't it weird that the hex combination doesn't actually answer the question = what do I need to be happy. What you said about too much choice vs being limited in what I can do is so reminiscent of my numerology..I was born as an 11 but my life path is 7 - i.e. such a small thing to do with such a large pool of resources.
Thanks for your input. Are you not going to play?
No one just gets happy and stays happy do they...its a journey isn't it...
Got 9 unchanging for what I need to be happy. I don't know what that means... Anyone have a good take on 9 unchanging?
Inspired by conversation between elizabeth and lavalamp about relationships and how important it is to know what one needs for oneself in order to be happy, regardless of who they are with, I thought I'd consult I Ching in a similar way - because we are all often chasing happiness, but how many of us really know what we truly need to be happy?
So, I've cast mine, and I'm hoping not only for comments, but for other people to post their own versions (is this the right thread for this?)
Anyway, mine was 55.2.3. changing to 54
I think this is saying that my need for security keeps making me chase my own tail frantically and that I would be happy if I could just relax, learn to be patient and maybe even 'settle down'? (not sure what would constitute settling down for me exactly)
If you think differently, please feel free to say so.
And don't forget to post your own!
"What do I need to be happy?" - PG
55 - Many Things ( I think among many things is the point here )
55.2
Called to bring truth and love to people that are in darkness, you need to feel your life makes a difference and will leave the world a better place.
55.3
You need a partner that will "have your back" always, understands and honors your life purpose and is not embarrassed by it, this kind of a mission driven life requires a strong stable relationship.
changing to 54
You need a man that loves and likes you, capable of leading you where you are trying to go internally yourself, that is in accord with your life and love, that also has a life and work of his own he is trying accomplish, that can still help you with what you need to do as well.
Anyway, mine was 55.2.3. changing to 54
Well PG, in 55.3's commentary it's written -
"In the sphere of social relationships, this means that the prince is now so
eclipsed that even the most insignificant persons can push themselves into
the foreground. This makes it impossible for an able man, though he might
be the right hand of the ruler, to undertake anything. It is as though his arm
were broken, but he is not to blame for being thus hindered in action."
In your context I take this to mean you have been often ignored by He for whom you are as a right hand, damaging your relationship as well as your ability to pursue your personal crusades, because of trivial reasons that ultimately make little difference in life. "Persons" can mean a job, in the Law Corporations are "Persons", it can mean a lot of other interests symbolically. I guess your "Ruler" could refer to someone other than a life partner.
However - 54 "The Marrying Maiden" is one of the 4 hexes that describes marriage. And here I took the many wives thing to be consistent with my earlier broader definition of "persons", there are many things in life one loves that one has to balance, some of them were there before you. But "he leads" it says, and she "joyously follows"! (Wilhelm/Legge. Maybe not perfect translations - but strongly resting in the collective unconscious.)
PS - the "Loveless Marriage" interpretation of hex 54 I have never found to fit well, and it clashes totally with a lot of commentary. The idea of having to harmonize a number of loves does not mean the love of the one is not genuine or reciprocal. I think the hex cautions against competition and calls for harmony and respecting affection.
Clarity,
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