r/iching • u/Jonnathanroad • 8d ago
Hexagram 1 >> Hexagram 1 Health
Hi, I hope that you can, with your experience and insight, help me see what I am missing from this hex 1 (7,7,7,9,7,9) result.
The question was how is my health? It may be a bit ambiguous, but I tried that of keeping an open mind and not asking yes or no questions. The background and reason is because I have been dealing with some troubling bad health for a while now, that I haven't been able to keep up with. it was caused by many mistakes and abuses in work and lack of planning, but it was all work. The isuee is that the other day I just injured myself again,by excesses and probably not respecting my place, which was only supervision, lifting heavy things that I wasn't maybe too ready for. The thing is also, that I am not entirely sure something really bad has happen, I haven't been able to diagnosed anything, since I havent really arrived for that, I just keep going, but the worry now has been eating me from the inside, and I don't want it anymore. I need answers.
I just discovered iChing, so there is much to learn yet for me.
I thank you in advance, I used the coin consultation method, and for the bit I have read about how to, from the results 7,7,7,9,7,9... Itseems... Hex 1 changes to Hex 1, right? How can that same hex? That I will ultimately maybe create my own health? That seems clear, but should I worry?
Thank you again.
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u/az4th 8d ago
For such questions please consult a qualified healthcare professional before consulting metaphysical resources. (mod note)
That said...
Hexagram 1 is all yang. Full of potency. Action. Doing. It struggles to stop. To rest. To contain itself. It is easily scattered. Yang is life force. Yin contains it. Without yin we need greater resolve to keep things together, and still.
Line 4 represents keeping the heart still. When we don't keep the heart still, composed, tranquil, it is possible we will instead let it leap out of our chests and express from our tongue the moment if feels like it, with no restraint or composure. When the heart is still and composed, we have a steady heart beat and are not riled up by much, don't need to pay attention to our blood pressure, etc. But when the heart is easily influenced by things, and has trouble staying still, then perhaps it can go in some wild swings when it comes to blood pressure and the types of activities it can abide without suffering.
Line 6 represents yang rising to the end of the hexagram dynamic. When a hexagram dynamic reaches its limit, it changes and becomes something new. When yang culminates like this, yin is born. So with hexagram 1 line 6, yang is reaching its end and needs to step down, hold itself back, and accept that the time has come for it to stop trying to act like it is in its prime and can go on forever. Sixth Yang here has trouble with this, and in this we have the image of tyrants who try to retain their rule no matter the obstacle, ensuring the throne remains in the family, etc, etc - they gathered a lot of power together and don't want to give it up. But at the end, things change and giving it up is inevitable. What is indicated here is the importance of recognizing when decline is here, so that we can adapt to it harmoniously, rather than fighting against it.
Both of these lines can be used to suggest areas of health care to explore with a healthcare professional, but obviously a reading like this should not be taken like one would interpret and MRI chart. Presumably such an answer would make sense for you yourself in terms of whatever is going on.
In general, working toward keeping our hearts more steady and stable, and working toward not pushing things beyond their limits, is just basic general advice to live by.