When will I get another job? 54.1.2>16

[pooklaroux]

I misplaced my good translation and I am forced to work with Sam Reifler, whose translation I enjoy but it's not so good for practical questions..
Sooo I was laid off last October, and I have been applying for clerical positions in line with what I have been doing, but I'm starting to feel kind of desperate, and finances are getting thin.

54.1.2
I'm getting that I'm going to have to take a less than perfect position, I'm okay with that. I know that there are factors beyond my knowledge or control.
I think 54.2 might refer to the fact that I have worked in some bad situations for people I really wish I had not worked for, and I might have bad judgment about which jobs/employers are best for me.

So, any thoughts? I'm having trouble getting a "when" out of this without my usual texts to guide me.

So I asked another question hoping this translation could help me with that.
9.1.3.6 >29

Okay now I am lost. Moving line 3 seems to completely contradict the main meaning of 9. I'll search around here for some insight, but please feel free to comment.

 

[einhorn]

Not sure how good this particular site is, but it gives a business explanation for the overall meaning:

54

http://www.psychic-revelation.com/reference/i_l/i_ching/hexagram54.html

Business: Do not make impetuous business decisions.



16

http://www.psychic-revelation.com/reference/i_l/i_ching/hexagram16.html

Business: Take time to celebrate your business successes.

 

[willowfox]

When will I get another job? 54.1.2>16

Line 54.1 indicates your present status of being unemployed, while line 54.2 indicates that you will need to lower your expectations, you have no choice but to take whatever is available and that means anything.

Hex 16 suggests a clerical position maybe found in February 2010.


So I asked another question hoping this translation could help me with that. 9.1.3.6 >29

It indicates that you are trying to find a job but you are getting nowhere, so again the need to lower your expectations, while line 9.3 says that even though you will try to push ahead, you will again meet with rejection, even from some quite ordinary places but eventually you will find a vacancy but it comes with a warning, that the new job is not secure, your position will depend upon the market forces, so you are going to have to super glue yourself to the chair.

While the timing here would indicate, November, December

 

[einhorn]

line 54.2 indicates that you will need to lower your expectations, you have no choice but to take whatever is available and that means anything.

How did you interpret that? All I saw for 54.2 was this:

Nine in the second place means:
A one-eyed man who is able to see.
The perseverance of a solitary man furthers.


I'm not too good at reading the individual lines, tho.

Thanks.

 

[willowfox]

When you read the lines also read the commentary as well, it's like combining, mixing and thinking how it all works together to form a sensible interpretation applicable to the querent's situation.