The Love Oracle

Your current love situation

Your current situation can be depicted as "Innocence (The Unexpected)" transforming into "Retreat".

In front of you lies "Heaven", representing strength and creativity.
Behind you lies "Thunder" which transforms into "Mountain". That means that movement, initiative, and action are being transformed into stillness and obstruction.


The Situation

25. Wu Wang - Innocence (The Unexpected)
Above (in front): Ch'ien - The Creative (Heaven)
Below (behind): Chên - The Arousing (Thunder)




The Judgement for the Current Situation

Innocence. Supreme success.
Perseverance furthers.
If someone is not as he should be,
He has misfortune,
And it does not further him
To undertake something.


The Image for the Current Situation

Under heaven thunder rolls:
All things attain the natural state of innocence.
Thus the kings of old,
Rich in virtue, and in harmony with the time,
Fostered and nourished all beings.


Interpretation of the Changing Line(s)

Line 1: Innocent behavior brings good fortune.

Line 3: Undeserved misfortune.
The cow that was tethered by someone
Is the wanderer's gain, the citizen's loss.


The Future

33. Tun - Retreat
Above (in front): Ch'ien - The Creative (Heaven)
Below (behind): Kên - Keeping Still (Mountain)


The Judgement for the Future

Retreat. Success.
In what is small, perseverance furthers.


The Image for the Future

Mountain under heaven: the image of Retreat.
Thus the superior man keeps the inferior man at a distance,
Not angrily but with reserve.