Tarot on Current and Future Emotional Conditions

Again, I only reveal so much about myself and my situation when I upload these posts. I have an issue with exposing too much about my life and I risk talking too much about other people, and that always ends poorly. But here’s the gist of it:

Lately I’ve been concerned with how wishy-washing certain things in my life have been. They mean a great deal to me. But instability makes me nervous. Actually, instability isn’t quite the proper word. Inconsistency. When things are balanced and harmonious, I feel the most confident. Otherwise, I’m having a panic attack and doing things like this to try and calm my nerves. So, I decided to use the Tarot and look into the future of how things look, and if the little things that get under my skin in this situation are going to continue on. Here are the results:

Querent: 2 of Swords (Reversed), 10 of Coins (R), 6 of Coins
Right Future: 5 of Cups (R), 9 of Cups, Page of Wands (R)
Left Future: XVI: Temperance (R), Knight of Cups, 3 of Cups (R)
Advice: XI: Force, King of Cups (R), VIII: Justice

In more detail, 

Querent:
1. 2 of Swords (R): Confusion, inner debate, hesitance. Worry/concern. Need for peace of mind in emotional/mental condition. 
2. 10 of Cups (R):  Lack of communication skills. Desire for abundance and prosperity.
3. 6 of Coins: Success and profit through careful planning, care and discipline. Continuous desire to obtain results that affect emotional/mental place by following one’s heart.

Right Future:
4. 5 of Cups (R): End/lack of emotional disappointment. Strength, contentment, stability. Need to release (past) vulnerabilities.
8. 9 of Cups: Emotional expansion, happiness, fulfillment, well-being.
12: Page of Wands (R): Need to release old fear. Desire to move forward with Aries people in life. Men: must struggle to release old fears and grow. Understanding

Left Future:  Since this is so unlikely to happen, I’m going to insist on laziness and not write-up anything about it. If you really want to know, go look the cards up yourself. Ha…

Advice: 
6. XI: Force: Trust in oneself. Confidence. Honing of gifts, reduction of faults. Best traits brought to life. Faith in one’s abilities
10. King of Cups (R): Need to resolve emotional issues, to move in directions enlivening and passionate. No pushing and straining for deeper directions. Must come naturally.
14. VIII: Justice: **My Life Card** Balance, harmony, restoration. Desire of simplicity, to receive clarity on important issues.

Karmic:
7. 8 of Swords: Doubting mind, over-analytical mind. Waiting and patience a must. 8 weeks, issues will be resolved and clarity will be revealed via Justice.
11. XVIII: The Moon (R): Romantic issues and desires unannounced, unaddressed. Need to better understand oneself to make proper choices
15: 3 of Swords (R): Happiness, release of past sorrow. Positivity. Placement in directions that produce happiness and emotional contentment.

So what does all this mean? Well, to put it simply: The situation right now is difficult. When we have our good days we have our good days but we both want things at different paces. This is difficult for both of us to emotionally handle. Our fears and anxieties stimulate fights that cause tension between us. But when logical communication is made, we flourish. The other person will eventually understand their need to let the past go, and grow fonder of the Aries people in their lives (specifically, myself). With this, pure happiness can be found. It will take looking at things objectively from my perspective, and an ability to talk about the past emotional stress as well as an ability to walk into these conversations when one is ready. However, going through all of this will make me feel a variety of mixed emotions. The strongest one will be anxiety and frustration. But in just being around this person, emotional contentment is also possible. These changes will occur primarily within the next 5-9 weeks or months. 

I-Ching on Self-Reliance and Advice

Many of you know that I’m an incredibly anxious person who analyzes every single detail down to the bone and then some. While I am not going to mention EVERY detail on the situation bothering me at the time, let it be known that the reason this I-Ching was performed was to gain a little clarity on whose advice I should follow - my own, or that of my colleagues. We all had conflicting opinions on what route I should take. Now many of you may thing that I should always follow my own gut - but that’s not always the case. I like to hear other opinions and take those ideas and circumstances into account. It’s just the way I am. And that’s where this bad boy comes in. 

Here is how the I-CHING toss came out, based on whether or not I should stick to my guns and follow my own advice for the best outcome:

28. Da Guo: The Great Exceeding

Because the Original Hexagram agreed with the Moving Hexagram, I have merely focused on the O.H. for time purposes. 

The base of this hexagram is “Wind, Wood”, while the upper-most lines of the hexagram are representative of “Lake”. Together, this brings about the Hexagram #28: Da Guo. There are two yin lines and four yang lines, thus, yang is the dominant force in the hexagram. This is the “light/masculine” energy. This energy can likely be associated with the masculine energy of Aries, my Western Zodiac sign.

Significance:
The idea behind the name “Great Exceeding” is that there exists some great imbalance in life. In Confucius’s words, “The superior person stands alone without fear and withdraws from the world with no depression”. In Da Guo, there is either a situation to big to control or too fragile and risks breaking. When one learns to balance these situations in confidence, one can take on any problem. To take on a challenge with both equal amounts of yin and yang energy. With this, harmony and success can be found. 

Breakdown of Hexagram:
I’m not willing to fill in all the details merely due to the fact that I’d just be copying things down straight from my reference book and that’s absurd. 

1. Initial Six: Da Guo alternates to Eliminating
2. Second Nine: Da Guo alternates to Mutual Influence
3. Third Nine: Da Guo alternates to Exhausting
4. Fourth Nine: Da Guo alternates to Replenishing 
5. Fifth Nine: Da Guo alternates to Long Lasting
6. Final Six: Da Guo alternates to Encountering

Interpretation of I-Ching Answer:
The situation inquired on is clearly a difficult one due to the conflict of head and heart. Thus, a majority of the I-Ching discusses the ability to balance emotions/logic, yin/yang, to achieve successful results. Also, that one must rely on oneself. Using my own judgement as opposed to others, though still taking some of it into account, in balance, is a healthy judgement to make. It’s a difficult scenario because things are constantly in conflict mentally and emotionally, thus causing the imbalance at each end of the hexagram. Making small adjustments in healthy stride and confidently trusting my own instincts is the path to happiness and success.

Quick Introduction

So for those of you who may or may not be wondering, I am going to use this blog as a means of posting my I-Ching and Tarot work, as a means of critique and to help me metabolize what they say to help better interpret their meaning. The purpose of this blog is also to help me improve my skill set with these mediums. So here’s at it. Anyone who is interested in following me, go for it. I doubt that’ll be many. But who cares! Be forewarned, however, the posting will become extremely slow when the semester kicks back up.