The Love Oracle

Your current love situation

Your current situation can be depicted as "Influence (Wooing)" transforming into "Keeping Still, Mountain".

In front of you lies "Lake" which transforms into "Mountain". That means that joy, pleasure, and attraction are being transformed into stillness and obstruction.
Behind you lies "Mountain", representing stillness and obstruction.


The Situation

31. Hsien - Influence (Wooing)
Above (in front): Tui - The Joyous (Lake)
Below (behind): Kên - Keeping Still (Mountain)




The Judgement for the Current Situation

Influence. Success.
Perseverance furthers.
To take a maiden to wife brings good fortune.


The Image for the Current Situation

A lake on the mountain:
The image of Influence.
Thus the superior man encourages people to approach him
By his readiness to receive them.


Interpretation of the Changing Line(s)

Line 4: Perseverance brings good fortune.
Remorse disappears.
If a man is agitated in mind,
And his thoughts go hither and thither,
Only those friends
On whom he fixes his conscious thoughts
Will follow.

Line 5: The influence shows itself in the back of the neck.
No remorse.

Line 6: The influence shows itself in the jaws, cheeks and tongue.


The Future

52. Kên - Keeping Still, Mountain
Above (in front): Kên - Keeping Still (Mountain)
Below (behind): Kên - Keeping Still (Mountain)


The Judgement for the Future

Keeping Still. Keeping his back still
So that he no longer feels his body.
He goes into the courtyard
And does not see his people.
No blame.


The Image for the Future

Mountains standing close together:
The image of Keeping Still.
Thus the superior man
Does not permit his thoughts
To go beyond his situation.