Reading–Raise?

The following is a reading that was submitted by a current app user. Out of respect for privacy the user wanted to be referred to as “Wilma”. Below is her reading.

READING

Question: What can I expect regarding my salary increase this year?
Wilma decided to stay away from asking a “yes/no” question and thought out a nice one sentence question. It’s short. It’s succinct. It’s to the point.

What’s nice about her question is that she is expecting a positive outcome, so she’s setting herself up for a raise and will most likely get one.

Category: General
Although she could have chosen “Work and Career” or “Money and Finances”, she chose “General”. It’s an interesting choice, but she felt that it would have a wider impact on her life than just in one area.

Method: Split the Yarrow Stalks
Wilma chose to use the yarrow. She felt that it produced applicable readings.

The following are the hexagrams that resulted related to Wilma’s concerns.

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First Hexagram: 18 – Gu – Corrupting
Changing Lines: #1, #5
Represents the current situation.

Summary: It appears that Wilma’s current situation is affected by limited resources at her company. Someone in the company or organization that Wilma is working for is withholding. It can be for many reasons, but it’s not because of Wilma’s performance. It could be the economy or that there is a smaller number of clients compared to previous years or quarters.

The character for this hexagram, Gu, is the image of grubs in a dish of food. When insect grubs are present, the food has been spoiled or spoiling. It is an image of decay. People in the company might be favoring some at the expense of not giving her a raise because they might see them as “more valuable”.

So, there is a possibility that someone within the company is reluctant to increase Wilma’s salary out of greed. Wilma will have to find out if this is the case. And, if there is some indication of this, she will have to find others who can help her.

Changing line #1 adds that the root cause might be because the company or organization that she works for continues to follow the same practices that were profitable in the past. But, the times have changed. The company refuses to look within and would rather attribute their losses to outside causes.

Or, it could indicate that Wilma herself, needs to change. She might need to look for a different company to work for or find a way within the company to become a more valuable asset.

Changing line #5 states that with support Wilma might be able to change the practices of the company. It will be small number of those who agree with her, but after some time, many more will follow her lead.

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First Change: 26 – Da Chu – Great Accumulating
Changing Lines: #5
Represents a situation that Wilma can expect within the week.

Summary: Wilma will start to gain more resources. This might be the “raise”. But, it might be connections or other clients that she can work with. She should find others for support and guidance. During this time, she should make sure to reward and thank those who have helped her.

Progress is still slow, however. She still needs to confront the company, but in an indirect manner as is suggested by line #5. Again, she might find allies at work to help her get a raise, not just for herself, but for others in the same situation.

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Result: 9 – Xiao Chu – Small Accumulating
Represents the result that she can expect around the fifth week out.

Summary: It is the details that need work. Wilma might need to pay attention to them more. One of those “little things” is actually now more of a hindrance or a block than an annoyance that she might have thought it was previously. She might have ignored it, but it’s come back to bite her on the butt.

I’m sure the Wilma might know what it is or after some advice, she will find out, do what is necessary to “correct” it and then she will see her goal. She knows what the “big picture” is, so she just has to break it down into smaller steps and follow that plan before she sees what she wants.