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Hi all

Hope you are staying safe,

Probably like many of you I asked the oracle what should I know about the virus?

59.2.5>23

I cast this a couple of weeks ago and it's uplifting to a degree.
This was kind of when things were just starting to heat up, no lockdowns, etc
keep in mind this reading is a personal one and may not be the same for everyone.

Line 2 had me thinking for a while, in the end, I took it as in the end just keep it together, we are all in this together, be grateful you can work from home.

Line 5 I thought there will be a process but in the end, things will be ok.

I have cast this line many times before, its an image of a fever that breaks, and that is a fantastic feeling.
Just hoping the reading is not literal and I end up with a fever, However, to me its interesting that the Yi gave me this answer considering how this virus worked.
In essence, I think that I am being told there may be some ups and downs but I will get through this and there will be a relief.

hexagram 23 I am guessing was related to social distancing?

My background is that I am in Metro Manila and it is locked down there is a curfew by 8 pm.
Supermarkets and chemists are all that open except for some random shops (found a chicken takeaway shop today)
The situation seems to be changing daily, the lockdown and curfews are supposed to end on the 16th of April.

Please feel free to add a comment if you see something in the reading I may be missing.
I just thought I would share it as there appears to be some hope.

Stay safe

Steve
 

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Hello;

My take is: while the pandemic is stripping the normal life away (23), it will be finally dispersed. Until then we need support in different forms- and must "flee" the virus (59.2).
Wing has an interesting note on 59.5: " During times of discord and disunity a great proclamation or inspiring idea is necessary to again reunify the situation. In this way, others put aside their factionalism and work together once again". Clear enough.
 

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Hello;

My take is: while the pandemic is stripping the normal life away (23), it will be finally dispersed. Until then we need support in different forms- and must "flee" the virus (59.2).
Wing has an interesting note on 59.5: " During times of discord and disunity a great proclamation or inspiring idea is necessary to again reunify the situation. In this way, others put aside their factionalism and work together once again". Clear enough.
 

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Thanks, Marybluesky, that's really interesting, thanks for the insight.
Also, the information on 59.5 is helpful I have cast the line many times.

Would you agree in this reading that it appears the problem gets rectified?

Stay safe

Steve
 

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I can see 59.2 as referring to staying home and 59.5 as Trump saying now it's safe to come out again. I'm not sure what the advice is though. Is the I Ching saying you should shelter-in-place until the government says it's okay to go back to work or - since 57.2.5 changes to 23 - is the I Ching giving a warning that it may not be smart to go along with this order?
 
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I've gotten 25.5 a few times in regards to this, once when I did a yearly cast for difficulties/conflicts in the year 2020. I get the general sense that this will end on it's own timeline but will not recur. And ultimately this is nobody's fault, it's an uncontrollable force of nature bearing down on our entire world simultaneously.

One thing I always got from the I-Ching is that the dark forces inevitably consume themselves. Because this disease appeared out of nowhere with such immediate force, it's liable to disappear in the same way. How our life will look like on the other side is another thing altogether.
 

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What should I know about the virus?
59.2.5>23

23 as context (or conclusion.)
- Wilhelm/Baynes:Splitting Apart. It does not further one to go anywhere.

59.2 Legge: The second line, dynamic, shows its subject, amid the dispersion, hurrying to his contrivance for security. All occasion for repentance will disappear.
- 59 Dispersion is kind of like people sneezing! Run away! Meaning I think the disease is pretty contagious.

59.5 Legge: The fifth line, dynamic, shows its subject amidst the dispersion issuing his great announcements as the perspiration flows from his body. He scatters abroad also the accumulations in the royal granaries. There will be no error.
- The fifth line is of course the line of the ruler. He is perspiring, working hard at the job, giving his breifings and spending money from the public treasury to help the population.

- LL
 

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I've gotten 25.5 a few times in regards to this, once when I did a yearly cast for difficulties/conflicts in the year 2020
Hi V, same, 25.5 was part of my yearly reading this year too (25.1.5.6>16) before this all started.
 

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Re-reading these responses I want to change my interpretation. I originally thought 23. Splitting Apart might mean splitting apart from any governmental edicts urging people to get back to work before the doctors say it's safe. Now in view of LL's posting Wilhelm's exact words for 23's Image I think that was a bit of a reach. I think the obvious interpretation is the better one:

What do you need to know about the virus?

23. It doesn't further you to go anywhere.

Therefore...

59.2 Hurry to a shelter!
59.5 Despite the dangerous situation you will be fine.
Could this line also be urging you to reach out to others, share resources? "The King" does make one think of the government so could that be reassurance that help will come from that quarter?

(I've found I can make meaningful sentences if I take the advice from the second hexagram Image. in this case "It doesn't further one to go anywhere" and then tack on "therefore" and then the moving lines from the first hexagram).
 
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Would you agree in this reading that it appears the problem gets rectified?
Yes, I think so.
Interestingly I cast a reading about the impact of coronavirus on the environment & got the same result: like the nature flees the harmful effects of human activities & makes its own proclamation- maybe the pandemic itself?
 

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I've heard it said that the planet is a living entity and while Mother Earth loves all her children she isn't going to let them destroy her and will protect herself if necessary. Anybody here remember the advertisement with the earthquakes and lightening and the tagline, "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature"?
 

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I don’t know where you live, but here nature and animals of all kinds are taking advantage of our hiding in our homes and are basically taking over the streets. I saw a video of a mother duck 🦆 walking with her seven babies along the pavement in the capital’s city centre in total tranquillity as if she was in the middle of a protected area. :)
 

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Four of us went out walking yesterday (staying six feet apart!). The traffic was so light we danced down the middle of the roadway like we were in a parade. We chattered about how HUMANS should take back the streets!
 

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Unless the 4 of you were living in the same household you couldn't do that here, the police would stop it if they saw it. The rule here is no more than 2 people from different households 2 metres apart outside. Gatherings of more than that, if not from the same household, even in the open air increase risk.

It is nice to be able to walk down the middle of the road though
 

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What should I know about the virus?
59.2.5>23

Using Huang's hexagram names this could be saying that what you should know about the virus is that it is Dispersing through Falling Away. Think of it as the wind blowing over the water as part of a time when the the mountain is eroding to the ground. This is the cycle of things!

When you are in the middle of the dispersion hurry to your inner centre where you are most likely to make sense of it all and in doing so keep yourself safe (59.2). Equally, in the outer world, despite all the atrocities, strive to stay away from old imaginings - See beyond and speak out for what you see as true. It may even be a new truth for you. (59.5)

...or maybe it's nothing like this at all.
 

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Pluto, Mars and Saturn are all right next to each other in Capricorn this week. Capricorn's symbol is the Mountain Goat. How fitting his picture should be all over the internet at this time!
 
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Pluto, Mars and Saturn are all right next to each other in Capricorn this week. Capricorn's symbol is the Mountain Goat. How fitting his picture should be all over the internet at this time!

Also Jupiter just joined that whole mess today. All planets on one side of the north/south node axis until end of May.
 

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