Do not think that your life is absolutely transparent, it has many faces. Stop hiding your emotions, all this falsehood can come out and then many different problems will fall upon you. Hexagram Bi favors those who devote themselves to art; for other cases, you can’t count on success. The same applies to love - lack of sincerity and falsehood will only ruin everything. Your wishes will still come true, but a considerable period of time will pass before that, so be patient.
General interpretation of the 22nd hexagram in fortune telling
Success can be achieved by those who devote themselves to politics and negotiate, even though it will not be easy. Be on your guard, envious people and intriguers are walking very close to you. To fulfill your desires, you need to be patient and wait it out.
This hexagram is good for people working in the field of art, in theaters or who devote themselves to cinema. It reveals itself in this way; you hide your emotions and experiences from those around you, and they respond to you with the same closeness. Matters of the heart will also not be in the best condition. Only those whose lives are connected with show business can count on success here. However, do not try to go against fate, lead a normal lifestyle and then everything will work out, and your desires will gradually begin to come true.
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1. Starting nine.
Your actions should be graceful, harmonious and in accordance with etiquette. But you must be independent. “Walking” means refusing help, benefits and ease of getting what you want. You will not encounter any obstacles in achieving your plans, despite the longer path to it.
2. Six second.
The beard and mustache are something secondary. The movement of the chin and facial expressions cause facial hair to move. Psychologists believe that a man with a beard hides his feelings, intentions, and closes himself off from the world. Therefore, embellishing a beard means exaggerating the unimportant, caring about the unimportant. This trait predicts a meeting with an influential person; you need to carefully, unobtrusively convey your request, and briefly hint at the problem itself.
3. Nine three.
Beauty is the kindness of the soul. If you hold this opinion and live according to this worldview, you will receive true happiness, not a beautiful, shiny candy wrapper, but the candy itself. What has come into your life will bring long and serious success, sincerity and peace of mind.
4. Six fourth.
An awareness of truth in beauty, insight comes to you. Phoenix is a symbol of transformation, resurrection from the ashes. The old leaves your life, and the new, happy one rushes on like a fast horse. You have come to understand what is truly beautiful and worthy of respect, and what is an illusion that brings disappointment and pain. This required a certain life lesson (you know what we are talking about), but you acquired wisdom (“silvered” - gray hair, wisdom) and received a reward.
5. Six fifth.
You shouldn’t get carried away with accumulating expensive things and jewelry, don’t hide your talents and capabilities, everything can be lost forever. You will regret your foolish behavior, but luck will restore the course of events. How to manage your newly acquired wealth is up to you. Don't repeat the same mistakes.
6. Top nine.
The most effective behavior for you in this period of time: simplicity, unpretentiousness, absence of spectacular external attributes and empty mannerisms. You are valued for your inner qualities. Embellishment loses all meaning, natural harmony and naturalness have prevailed over the artificial and soulless.
Meaning and interpretation of each line
- Bottom line. Despite your talkativeness and the unfavorable impression made on others, everything will be fine. You don't need outside help, do it yourself.
- Second line. Earning respect from the authority of your loved ones is not at all right, it’s a bad idea. Stop gossiping.
- Third line. Don't be fooled by a bright wrapper, look for something that is not so shiny, but is much more valuable for happiness.
- Fourth line. The obstacle to achieving significant success is your lack of faith in your abilities.
- Fifth line. You live in a world of illusions and no one will help you get out of it, the time will come and everything will become clear by itself.
- Top line. An excessive desire for beauty and perfection can turn into vulgarity, kitsch and cynicism; try to avoid this if possible.
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1. Starting nine.
Spruce up your toes, get off the cart and hit the road.
2. Six second.
Decorate your mustache and beard.
3. Nine three.
Decoration and kindness. In the case of fortune telling about the eternal - happiness!
4. Six fourth.
Decorated as if silvered, the white horse rushes like a phoenix. This is not a robber, but a matchmaker.
5. Six fifth.
Decoration in a secluded place. Numerous bundles of silk. Repentance. In the end - happiness.
6. Top nine.
White outfit - there will be no trouble.
Canonical text
Accomplishment. It is favorable for the little one to have a place to perform.
- Decorate those toes. Leave the chariot and go on foot.
- Decorate that beard and mustache.
- Disorganization! Decoration! - Eternal endurance is fortunate.
- Disorganization! White! The white horse is definitely flying! - (If) it weren’t for the robber, (there would be) marriage.
- Decoration in the garden on the hill. A bunch of brocade (for a gift) is of low grade. - Regret, (but) in the end - happiness.
- White decoration. - There will be no blasphemy.
Book of Changes interpretation of hexagrams
Book of Changes - interpretation of hexagrams:
1. The symbol consists of six Yang traits. This is a good sign. This is a male hexagram, it means April and spring hopes. You are standing at the top of a mountain and you have no way to get down. Be vigilant and decisive! Within six months, major changes will occur in your life. The time is favorable for new beginnings. There is some uncertainty in your personal life, bring clarity to it. Your wish will certainly come true if it is reasonable and modest. Someone is opposing you, but if you are determined and adamant, then success awaits you. A test awaits you. But you will endure it. 2. The gods awakened mother earth from sleep. If you are diligent and patient, then success will await you in two months. You are a cultured person who thirsts for knowledge, you love everything you do. Don't think too much about material gain, now is not the time for that. Your wish will come true, but not right away. In the near future, it is not recommended to go on the road - not alone, not with anyone at all. Soon a person will appear in your environment who has a strong interest in you. 3. This is one of the most unfortunate combinations. No matter what you undertake, everything will fall out of your hands, without yielding results. You need to wait for a more favorable period. Try to live a measured life for three months. A quiet lifestyle, and, as they say, “keep your head down.” Take advantage of the respite to think carefully about your plans for the future. Be patient and listen to the woman's advice. There can be no talk of luck in business yet. 4. You see the world around you as if through a veil. Relax. Soon it will subside, and clarity will come in your affairs. Do not make hasty decisions, because your nerves are shattered. If you want to succeed, listen to the advice of your superiors - soon everything will change for the better. Spend more time communicating with your children. New prospects and new plans are already emerging, but new love is not yet in sight. Concentrate on one desire, and do not waste your energy on a little of everything. 5. Wait and gather your strength, you will need it soon. Spring will come soon, the snow will melt and the flowers will bloom. Be reasonable, too hasty actions now can only bring harm. Be patient, in about two months an important person will appear in your life. Help will come from him that you could never even dream of. If you resolutely begin planning your next actions, then support will come even faster. Your financial situation will improve. You may feel attracted to someone older than you. Try not to reveal your interest in him. Your wish will come true if you act purposefully and carefully enough. 6. You feel disharmonious. A conflict is brewing. Behave with restraint if a gauntlet is thrown at you - do not pick it up, grit your teeth, but endure it! Try to moderate your demands, and do not embark on any activities alone. Circumstances are not very favorable for you, but soon everything will change for the better. Take part in a collaboration with someone. Let everything take its course, then peace and quiet will come. You will see that life's problems not only depress you, but also teach you, helping you become stronger. 7. This hexagram symbolizes solitude. Your current state, mood, is like that of a general deciding when to launch an attack on the enemy. Luck is on your side at the moment, but you should not relax. Choose only trusted people with good intentions as your allies. Unexpected news or an unexpected visitor awaits you. The present time is romantic for you, but at the same time you managed to quarrel with someone close and dear to you. Plan your future affairs carefully and judiciously, do not rush headlong into the pool. 8. You have certain problems, but you can breathe freely - the worst is already behind you. Cooperation with others will bring you success; try to actively participate in public affairs. Be loyal to your loved ones and do not neglect your direct responsibilities. Any relationship needs understanding and mutual respect, both between lovers, and between colleagues, and between a student and a teacher... The fulfillment of your desires largely depends on how you take the advice of friends and superiors. But there are some good ideas among them. Forget about gambling for now, the time is completely inappropriate for it. 9. Luck and success are not very characteristic of your current situation. But we should not forget - the night is darkest just before dawn. The situation is unclear to you, you do not control it, but this is a temporary state. Events are already approaching that will change your life for the better. Be patient and just wait. People around you are accustomed to considering you a person to whom money flows into his hands. Be prudent, be smart. Don't quarrel over trifles with your friends, and don't overdo it at work, so as not to cause health problems. In three months, money will really flow to you like a river. 10. During this period, you should behave in a reserved and friendly manner. Look inside yourself, analyze your situation. Emphasize your respect for your superiors, this will benefit you. However, remember that now is an unfavorable period for flirting. Women need to be careful when communicating with unfamiliar men. Grit your teeth and don’t complain about your difficult life. An unexpected event will happen soon that will make you happy. 11. The career ladder leads you up, luck accompanies you. It's time to think about your friends - pay attention to them, but don't be too frivolous and careless. Don’t waste your money in vain, control yourself. If you want luck to accompany you as long as possible, try to strengthen it with success in other areas. Your wish will come true, but do not try to artificially speed up the course of events. Everything has its time. 12. Your life is a mess. People who are unworthy of you are drawn to you. Be carefull! Don't get involved in serious matters, watch your wallet. Your environment does not understand you, you quarrel with your friends over trifles. Listen to the advice of your superiors, but do not obey them blindly, make decisions at your own discretion. Soon your situation will change, but eighty percent of your wishes will be fulfilled, and even then not immediately. 13. You stand at a crossroads, but wherever you go, you will find yourself in a good and worthy society. Do not be afraid of anything, boldly enter into the struggle to achieve what you want - you will be supported by a person whose help you did not expect. Your affairs will improve. You are overcome by some uncertainty and anxiety, but this is the result of mild stress. Get over the problems in your head. The fulfillment of your desire largely depends on how seriously you take it. Do not disdain the help of your elders, be more confident - and you will see for yourself what heights you can achieve. 14. The sun is shining brightly, you are free and rich. This period is favorable for you, however, do not waste money and do not waste yourself on trifles. Concentrate your will and attention on those desires, the implementation of which is necessary for success in business. Don't be distracted from your main goal! 15. Under the weight of the snow, the tree branch bent towards the ground itself, but soon it will straighten again and take its previous position. Circumstances are moderately favorable. Be patient, be restrained, and soon you will become the master of the situation. Anxiety and confusion reign in your soul, but do not worry in vain, soon everything will change for the better. Do not refuse the help offered to you, and your wish will come true. Financial affairs will improve. 16. The sun is about to rise, the luck you have been waiting for is on its way. The time is favorable for entertainment, but do not get carried away with it beyond measure. Be prepared for the success that will soon fall upon you. Good luck will accompany you in new endeavors and in the game. But walking along the path of happiness. Don't forget to watch your step so you don't get bogged down or trip. Wait a little longer and all your dreams will come true. But remember - don't spend more than you get. 17. The time is most favorable for strengthening positions, and not for recruiting new supporters. Stay true to your principles, even though your goals may change. Be content with small victories; they will certainly lead to big successes. Go with the flow, don't row against it. Your wish will most likely come true, but be prepared for serious changes in life. 18. Changes are taking place in the lives of those around you, and you are a direct participant in these changes. Carefully evaluate and analyze events, you may lose a friend. You have certain problems in relationships with others. They need to be clarified, since the problems arising from this can interfere with the fulfillment of your desires. You're spending too much money, come to your senses! Soon you will do something that will stun both you and those you know. You should take control of the situation and not wait for it to happen. 19. Whatever you undertake now, success awaits you. The more results you achieve, the more successful your circumstances will be. A period is approaching during which success is possible in a variety of matters and areas of activity. Be determined to achieve your goals, but be careful not to offend your friends, anger them, or make them jealous. Your attitude towards a loved one or a person you know well will change. 20. Be prepared for an unpleasant surprise. Try to understand the situation without emotions. You may have to change your job or place of residence. Be attentive and focused, do not let important things slip away from your attention. Think carefully about your actions, help may come from where you don’t expect it. Your wishes will come true, but not as quickly as you would like. When things are going well, don't forget to help others. 21. Something is tormenting you, you feel unhappy. You consider yourself a victim of injustice. You made a mistake somewhere, but take courage and learn from what happened. Stop feeling sorry for yourself! Try to take on a new business, and circumstances will improve. Conscientious work will gradually lead you to success. Someone is helping to make your wish come true right now. Be prudent, calmly wait for changes, and very soon everything will change for the better. 22. This hexagram is favorable only for matters related to the theater. In other cases, it means that you are hiding your true face, and that the people around you are not completely sincere with you. Love affairs are problematic at this time. Some success in show business is possible. Your wish will come true with some delay. Accept life as it comes and learn from it. 23. Major changes await you in the near future. Do not start new things, there is a high probability of ending up in a stupid position, and this cannot be allowed. Your wishes will come true, but a little later. Perhaps someone is slandering you behind your back. Do not be timid and do not lose heart if it turns out that you cannot count on the help of your friends. Be careful when communicating with representatives of the other sex, you may meet a hypocrite. 24. You feel confused and are very nervous about it. But the obstacles are actually insignificant; you will soon overcome them if you work conscientiously and diligently. You yourself feel that you are on the verge of serious changes. You are tormented by the question: when will everything get better? It is impossible to give exact dates. Maybe seven weeks, maybe seven months. Be patient a little longer, everything will work out in your destiny. Save your money, you will need it! 25. The unity of clarity and simplicity prevails. If you carry out worthy plans in worthy ways, you will benefit. Fate favors those who are patient, so learn to wait. The time of supreme activity has not yet come. Sometimes you are too preoccupied with love affairs, but don't worry. Everything will be fulfilled in due time. 26. There has been a lull in your destiny. Don't waste your energy. Don’t waste your energy on trifles, save it, don’t relax and get ready for active action. Your wishes will come true if you have not set the bar too high for yourself. You will receive help from those who have faced problems similar to yours. Don’t try to force things to speed up; there is a high chance that the result will be the opposite. 27. You talk too much and eat too much. Do not spread gossip about others, you can harm both them and yourself. Your wish will come true, but a little later. Now you need to stop complaining about fate and whining over trifles. See a doctor. Be prepared for quick changes in life. 28. You feel absolutely happy. This is good, but pull yourself together and moderate your ardor! Your temperament and overconfidence can harm you and you can offend and anger others. Your judgments are not entirely correct right now. Try to restrain yourself. Time will put everything in its place. Your wish cannot come true quickly. 29. This is one of the worst combinations. Now you are characterized by defeat and disappointment. The only thing you can do now is to reduce the number of blows of fate to a minimum. Be patient and wait for the goddess of fortune to grace you with her gaze again. You have a lot of time, do some scientific research. No earlier than in two months, but no later than in five, your situation will begin to change for the better. Until then, stay calm and don't lose heart. Introspection is important for you now, and not a meaningless struggle with fate. 30. Outwardly everything looks great, but in reality it is not so. You are in captivity of illusions, in the grip of self-deception. Listen to your friends' advice. Fate favors you, but you should not blindly rely on fortune - sloppiness can lead to serious damage. Your wish will come true thanks to the intervention of an older person. Major successes are possible in matters related to writing and mediation. Listen to what people say. 31. You are in that state of mind that is conducive to success and well-being. You are in the mood for a good wave. Unexpected and very beneficial events for you are approaching. Almost every action you take brings good luck. The results will exceed your wildest hopes. However, after all the excitement, there will be a need for rest and peace, for which you will have to retire for a while. 32. You feel torn apart trying to move in two directions at once. If you keep your composure, good luck awaits you. Don't strive for change. Your wish will come true if you are patient. Focus on internal introspection, figure out what you want, make plans for the future. The moment is not very suitable for new beginnings. 33. This hexagram is favorable for relaxation and entertainment, making plans for the future. Uncertainty reigns now, and assertiveness will not bring any benefit. You need to be a little more reserved. Put off future plans. 34. You strive too actively to come to the fore. You are ready to trample those around you in order to achieve your goals, which, of course, would not give them pleasure. There is nothing wrong with ambition, but it must certainly be accompanied by tact in dealing with people, which is something you cannot boast of. Your wish will come true if you behave a little more modestly. Don't neglect people. Try to find the “golden mean”. 35. Good luck is on the way. You will receive the respect and recognition that you rightfully expect. In the future the reward will be even higher. Step forward boldly, rely on your lucky star. Do not be sad that your wish will come true with some delay. You will meet a person you have not seen for a long time. Try not to spend too much, it will pay off for you later. 36. Luck is on your side at the moment, but don’t be too arrogant, the situation will change soon. Act prudently, do not get carried away by love adventures. From the outside, you give the impression of being a darling of fate; it is likely that those around you will interpret your actions incorrectly. Soon everything will fall into place. Your wishes will not come true now. Be frugal. 37. Your place is there. where your heart calls you. Success awaits you there too. Hopes will be fulfilled with outside help. You may be thinking about that. To change your place of residence, but better not do it. If you leave your land, you will soon realize that you have made a mistake. Enjoy what you have: family life, communication with friends, peace in your home. 38. Your life is devoid of harmony. It seems to you that they are deliberately picking on you, you are angry and hostile. Even small things irritate you. A certain woman drives you crazy, there are no like-minded people, or very few of them. You should calm down and not be unnecessarily nervous, everything will change soon. Watch your words, don’t take on new things, better deal with the old ones. There is a whole range of activities that do not correspond to your true desires. 39. Bad hexagram. The more effort you put in, the further away from your desired goal you end up. It is difficult to say why, but your fate is not interested in Fortune. Try to find reassurance in study or scientific activity. Perhaps several of your friends will come to your rescue and provide support. Follow your expenses, in this unfavorable period there is a high probability of remaining without a livelihood. 40. You have experienced a long period of troubles and unrest. This period came to an end. There will be success in the work again. Start acting immediately, otherwise you can miss the opportunity to achieve a brilliant result. Your old desire will be fulfilled, new too, but later. You will have new friends. If you go on a trip. Get a great pleasure. The starting period is favorable in order to make good money. 41. What you give today to others will return to you with interest tomorrow. Perhaps it seems to you that you are too wasteful to give others too much, but soon this impression will pass. You will be generously rewarded. Time is favorable for intellectual activity and pondering plans for the future. Most of your desires will fulfill, and you will reap you even more than sowing. 42. Time favors outstanding personalities, and indeed fruitful for everyone who has this hexagram. The conceived will come true, the made will be rewarded. You can help others. The business that the bosses entrusts you will turn into personal benefit for you. Someone is preparing to make you a profitable offer. Your desire will be fulfilled with the help of a higher person. In the near future, you can significantly correct your financial affairs. 43. At the moment, luck favors you. However, it may happen that due to your own stubbornness you will make a mistake that will push you away from you who helped you. Show more tolerance in relations with people, go towards them. It is likely that you will love a person who sympathize with a little, and this will have a significant impact on your behavior. Do not get carried away by gambling. 44. It will be good if the main feature of your current behavior is restraint. Take carefully about changes in contacts with people, try to evaluate their actions less critically. The fulfillment of desires is problematic. Be frugal. Inwardly prepare for the fact that events that do not promise you good good will follow. 45. Everything that you will do during this period will end with success. Your relations with people are becoming stronger, new close contacts are made favorable to you. The old works and efforts will be paid. You are haunted by a woman who wants to block your path, to prevent the implementation of your plans. But, despite this, your desires will be fulfilled. 46. What you have been working on for a long time will finally bear fruit and will be paid. You need to work a little more in good faith, and then, soon, it will be possible to count on recognition. Now you need bold and decisive actions, not waiting. Rely on common sense and intuition, then your desire will probably be fulfilled. The ideas that you are considering now will most likely bring success in a financial sense. 47. One of the four worst hexagrams. You should lurk and wait without starting to be significant. Someone from your environment, a person who holds a high post, will reach you with a helping hand. Listen to the advice. Belief in your own strength is now weak. Do not take events too close to your heart. This negative period will pass, your circumstances will improve. 48. It is good if you extend the help of the help of others, despite the fact that you yourself do not go in the best way. You will subsequently see that this behavior is beneficial for you. In this period, it is hardly possible to count on the recognition of your abilities by the authorities, which, of course, is unpleasant. You want a change in circumstances, but now is an unfavorable period for this. Your modest desires may come true, but large ones. Oddly enough, your financial situation is not as bad as it could be. 49. Everything is moving around you, everything changes, and the results will surpass even your most daring expectations. You do not feel confidence, but soon it will return to you along with new prospects. Circumstances will change for the better. You will change your plans and go where you were not going. In the game, luck awaits you. 50. This hexagram has a positive meaning for you if you take on the role of a leader. Your successes do not delight everyone, but do not pay attention to the envious. Do not promise more than what you can do. The strong influence on you and the people with whom you communicate has a number 3. The case, for which you will take with two like -minded people, will lead to success. The desire will be fulfilled, but not quite as you planned. You spend too much on a hobby and entertainment. Be careful. 51. You are close to success, but someone is making efforts to prevent you. Do not be discouraged because of this. The fact that you sought to get, as necessary for you, will actually be completely different, not the same as you imagined. Feel free to give this to an opponent. Soon something unpleasant and unexpected will happen in your environment, but this will not hurt you. The period is favorable for relaxation. Do not be discouraged that everything is forming this way, and not otherwise. Soon fate will smile at you. 52. There is no progress in your affairs. Wait a bit, and then start work again. Refuse the planned trip or travel. Reconfigure with circumstances, think through your position before taking up anything. Heads up! Very soon you will prevail over ill -wishers and defeat difficulties. Your desires will be fulfilled only if you make all possible efforts for this. 53. Success and luck will accompany you if you carefully think through every step. Do not succumb to persuasion, do not ahead of the events, and happiness will not turn away from you. The turtle has no less likely to come to the finish line first than the hare. You are at the beginning of the long journey. Your desire will eventually be fulfilled. Financial affairs will improve significantly. 54. Be careful in everything, especially in love affairs. Take it calmly and calmly what is happening to you, otherwise you can be in an unpleasant situation. The performance of desire is delayed. It is best to wait and think now. Revenues exceed expenses. A more favorable period will come soon. 55. This hexagram symbolizes the autumn harvest, collecting a rich harvest. A happy star rose above you. Things are going smoothly and successfully, and perhaps in the near future they will go even better. It is important for you to be well informed. Set aside part of the money earned. Time is favorable for agriculture, art and show business. However, although success is accompanied by you, there is no firm belief that your desires will come true. 56. There are all prerequisites for success in business. A foreign business trip will also be successful, if one is planned. You are very ambitious, so be careful. Do not spoil the relationship with work colleagues and friends. The desire will be fulfilled if you do not expect too much, and if your claims are not too high. You are worried about some unpleasant event that happened to you. Try to forget about him as soon as possible and not remember anymore. 57. Your position is confused, evaluating it and understanding it is completely difficult. You tend to perceive events too gloomy. Follow the path that a person from your environment will indicate to you, this is the best way out. Five months later, your fate will change for the better. Something prevents the fulfillment of your desires, a woman will help you to eliminate interference. In no case do not allow you to persuade yourself to anything that you consider it inappropriate to be erroneous. 58. Happiness is already on the way to you, soon it will dispel your depressed mood. This hexagram is directly related to everything related to speech organs. Do not neglect the advice of friends, do not respond to others badly. Now is a very favorable period for singing and trade. Do not be nervous due to the fact that to change is not in your power. 59. After a long period of failures, luck again accompanies you. You will get everything you strive for. Perhaps a long journey awaits you. Do not shimmer the money. Your scientific, production and love affairs will go brilliantly. In the near future you will have a chance to take a leading position. Your desire is already fulfilled, and will be fully fulfilled if you are purposeful and persistent. 60. Give up the case actively, your time has come! But do not forget about caution, otherwise all your efforts will be in vain. Do not agree too hastily for the proposal that you have recently made or are about to make. Perhaps it is not as profitable as it seems at first glance. The same applies to new friendly and love connections. Your reasonable desires will be fulfilled soon. For long trips and travels, the time is inappropriate. And also, remember the proverb: do not swear to another pit, you yourself will fall into it. 61. It is now most profitable for you to cooperate with others, and not work one. Do not overestimate your mentally more mentally abilities, otherwise you can be known as a spacing and unrestrained: this will jeopardize your plans. Try to be more modest. In this case, your desires will be fulfilled if they are reasonable and honest. Soon the bosses will pay attention to you, and you will advance up the service ladder. 62. Perhaps you will be disappointed in who you love, but do not perceive it too tragic. You have missed a wonderful chance that could contribute to the fulfillment of your desire, but soon a new one will appear. During this period, you can make good money, however, you should not travel. You attach too much importance to the little things too much. Do not humiliate yourself. 63. If you quarrel with someone, urgently contact a third party with a request to speak between you. Do not succumb to the desire to repeat the once achieved success. Move forward. Think about the future. If you think about this advice properly, you will be the full fulfillment of your desires. You should not throw all your strength at a new business - it will not lead to success. The mystery concrete desire will be fulfilled with some delay. 64. There is luck on your threshold, and it patronizes all your affairs. However, it should not be actively actively. Move forward is carefully, do not rush, and then the circumstances will take shape better day by day. Your desire will be fulfilled in the very near future.
July 18, 2016 at 11:30 pm
Gratinskaya Tatiana
Comment by Yu.K. Shchutsky
If the skill of the previous stage has been passed correctly, if a relatively peaceful position has already been won, one can turn to the stage of cultural development that follows such a conquest. Negative elements, palliatives of knowledge are already suppressed here, and new criteria can be established and the brilliance of newly acquired knowledge can be demonstrated. All this is a path of development. However, this development is limited to only minor, purely external innovations and does not introduce anything new in essence. These innovations are just a shiny decoration that has already lost its former value. Even the name itself indicates this if we conduct a pictographic analysis of the term “bi”. If we take into account that in this hieroglyph the determinant is “shell,” then doesn’t the thought arise that once in China shells served as a unit of exchange and only later were they replaced by money? (The modern word “money” is written with the determiner “metal”.) Shells, having lost the meaning of money, still retained the meaning of “value”, “decoration”, which is easy to see in the complex of hieroglyphs that have “shell” as a determiner and relate to objects , associated with the concepts of values and decorations. Although decoration is meant here, this decoration is only external and cannot be given much importance, as evidenced by the negative assessment given by Confucius to this hexagram, as stated in the encyclopedia “Lüshi Chunqiu” (I quote from Nagai Kimpu “Xuekisity”, see. under this hexagram). Thus, for large and significant matters, this hexagram is to undertake only unimportant matters, as stated in the text: Decoration. Development. In small things it is beneficial to have somewhere to perform.
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The desire to decorate oneself, from a certain point of view, is the desire to hide one’s shortcomings and appear to be something other than what a person really is. Therefore, in this situation it is better not to decorate yourself. At the first stage, the tendency to decorate is not yet very strong, because the process is only at the beginning, and since the beginning of the hexagram is below, the text also gives an image of decoration on the toes. But along with this, the decorations need to be contrasted with something real, which the legs should serve as; That’s why the text says: In the beginning there is a strong line. Decorate those toes. Leave the chariot and go (on foot).
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Decoration does not have a bad effect if it does not completely absorb a person, if he can relate to it with complete detachment. The second feature of this hexagram is weak, or in the terminology of the Book of Changes, “empty.” This emptiness here symbolizes the necessary detachment through which decoration is permissible. At the same time, a person does not attribute jewelry to himself, but only to his environment. If the face is the most individualized expression of personality, then sideburns, mustaches and beards only frame the face and symbolize not the person himself, but his immediate environment. Taking this into account, we can understand the text: The weakest feature comes second. Decorate this beard and mustache.
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The crisis of this negative process is expressed in the fact that here it operates less intensely, and even the greatest pomp of decoration is not dangerous here. However, this is only a weakening of the negative impact of this situation, but not its disappearance. Therefore, here it is still necessary to actively maintain a strong attitude towards the perhaps seductive beauty of the outfit - in order to achieve a happy outcome of the entire process. That is why in the text we read: The strong trait is in third place. Disorganization. Decoration. Eternal endurance is fortunate.
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Although this position is one of self-denial, the empty desire for decoration has already managed to increase so much that here it exerts its strong influence on self-renunciation, depriving it of even its essence and turning it into mere decoration. This position, however, is susceptible to the beneficial effects of the remaining positions of this hexagram, which in relation to it symbolize (according to Wang Yi) enlightened teachers and good friends, but here it is possible to understand the meaning of the white color (“white horse”), understood as the opposition to pure selflessness and diversity of decorations. This “marriage” is impossible here due to the action of the “robber” - the above-mentioned desire for decoration, which takes away reality even from self-denial. This “robber” appears here, according to Wang Yi, because of the self-distrust characteristic of a person in such a position in life as is described in this position. The text puts this into the following images: The weak point is in fourth place. Disorganization. White. The white horse definitely has wings. If it weren't for the robber, there would have been a marriage.
5
The fifth position in itself is favorable, but here it is represented by a weak line that has an obstacle in front of it (the upper strong line). Therefore, it symbolizes a person who, in the process of renouncing external splendor for the sake of the essential, despite his position, has not developed sufficient strength to attract help from a more developed person. Although he can distribute gifts (brocade), his gifts are meager and wretched. Therefore, regret awaits him. However, the very desire to attract help to oneself, at least with such gifts, does not turn out to be fruitless and sooner or later leads to happiness, as the text says: Weakness is in fifth place. Decoration in the garden on the hill. Bundles of (offered) brocade are squalor. Regret. In the end - happiness.
6
A complete eclipse of the tinsel of jewelry with something essentially valuable is impossible in the situation described in this hexagram. The greatest thing that is possible here at a time when this situation ends is a genuine rejection of the variegated decorations and the admission of white decorations, symbolizing purity and innocence. The text puts it succinctly: There is a strong line at the top. There will be no blasphemy. White decoration.
