The Love Oracle

Your current love situation

Your current situation can be depicted as "Deliverance" transforming into "Preponderance of the Great".

In front of you lies "Thunder" which transforms into "Lake". That means that movement, initiative, and action are being transformed into joy, pleasure, and attraction.
Behind you lies "Water" which transforms into "Wind". That means that danger and the unknown are being transformed into penetration and following.


The Situation

40. Hsieh - Deliverance
Above (in front): Chên - The Arousing (Thunder)
Below (behind): K'an - The Abysmal (Water)




The Judgement for the Current Situation

Deliverance. The southwest furthers.
If there is no longer anything where one has to go,
Return brings good fortune.
If there is still something where one has to go,
Hastening brings good fortune.


The Image for the Current Situation

Thunder and rain set in:
The image of Deliverance.
Thus the superior man pardons mistakes
And forgives misdeeds.


Interpretation of the Changing Line(s)

Line 3: If a man carries a burden on his back
And nontheless rides in a carriage,
He thereby encourages robbers to draw near.
Perseverance leads to humiliation.

Line 5: If only the superior man can deliver himself,
It brings good fortune.
Thus he proves to inferior men that he is in earnest.


The Future

28. Ta Kuo - Preponderance of the Great
Above (in front): Tui - The Joyous (Lake)
Below (behind): Sun - The Gentle (Wind)


The Judgement for the Future

Preponderance of the Great.
The ridgepole sags to the breaking point.
It furthers one to have somewhere to go.
Success.


The Image for the Future

The lake rises above the trees:
The image of Preponderance of the Great.
Thus the superior man, when he stands alone,
Is unconcerned,
And if he has to renounce the world,
He is undaunted.