54 / 52 The Marrying Maiden
Immaturing
(62->54->61->53)

"KUEI MEI -

KUEI : change to another form, persuade; return to yourself or the place where you belong; restore, revert, become loyal; turn into; give as young girl in marriage. The ideogram: arrive and wife. mistress of the household..
MEI : girl not yet nubile; younger sister. daughter of a secondary wife. ideogram: wife and not-yet." ERANOS p577

Image :

"[With self-reflection comes awareness : Immaturing(Wasting)].
One uses the ever-flowing whole to know the unfit."

In a context of self-relfection we utilise (sudden) awareness.

Commentary

In hexagram 54 we find the transition of a loose relationship to one of tension and wasted energy and eventual collapse ("...the eternity of the end") All there is is a reflected arousal. In the image, one is encouraged to to understand the wholeness of things and thus be able to detect something which is faulty, broken, or not yet ripe (Immature). The name emphasizes the continous return to basics (and thus no development); we keep doing the same things and getting nowhere. (Given by the context of treading a path combined with mis-sequencing).

Hexagram 54 is the specific form of

The Traditional Single Changing Line Comments:

Line 1 -

"The immature is pressed to mature. [Although faced with their own difficulties] they follow the path. Discipline is advantageous." [Difficult beginnings]

Line 2 -

"One eyed [person] is able to see. For a solitary person, testing times but advantageous." [At least a beginning?/arousal?]

Line 3 -

"The conversion to a woman has been done by growing their hair. When converted back we find it is but a young girl." [Unexpected]

Line 4 -

"Conversion to a woman takes too long. But the delay in conversion is in harmony with the season." [Beyond the usual age of marriage but potentious (a blessing?)]

Line 5 -

"[The emperor gives his daughter to a chief. Her dress not as refined as his]. The moon almost full, favourable." [The moon does not outshine the sun. Stimulating. The intention is for the emperor's daughter to honour her lower placed (and therefore 'immature') husband]

Line 6 -

"A woman receives a basket of little worth. A man prepares a dead (bloodless) goat for sacrifice. Devoid of direction, advantageous." [gifts for sacrifice are not 'sincere', the basket is not full and the goat is already dead. Pretense unmasked. If the pretense does not go beyond this moment there is no problem.]

Extended Commentary

The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 64 Mis-sequencing. It passes through hexagram 10 Conduct(Treading) before reaching here.

Transformative methods

By introducing this hexagram as context, you can change a state described by any other hexagram into a state described by hexagram 38. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 38 as context.

It is important to remember that, when using transformative methods, the more lines requiring change, the more energy required when attempting to introduce a different context. It may therefore be of benefit to work on existing changing lines and achieve your goal in steps rather than attempt, for example, a six-line change all at once.

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