| Thought I'd do an I Ching for J K Rowling, as she's | | | | Update April 2008: I see she is in the news, fighting a |
| such a popular author and somewhat unusual in her | | | | court case against a small publisher who wants to |
| meteoric rise to the top of best-seller lists everywhere. | | | | make an encyclopedia-type work off the back of her |
| Surprisingly, it came back with this: | | | | books. The reason she is doing this is, in fact, to |
| 12 Obstruction | | | | defend the rights of the millions of authors everywhere |
| Blockage! | | | | who cannot afford to take someone to court who |
| ___ | | | | copies their work in some way, which is what this |
| ___ Force - Strong on the outer | | | | publisher wants to do in a nutshell. It is hard enough for |
| ___ | | | | authors to make a living apparently, and since the |
| ______ | | | | explosion of access to the Internet, getting worse my |
| - - - Field - Receptive on the inner | | | | the minute. |
| No change lines. | | | | Now, it could and possibly is being perceived by the |
| Could this mean she will get writer's block? | | | | public as the big, rich authoress fighting the poor small |
| Looking at the text of this hexagram, it says: | | | | guy who is only trying to make a crust, especially as |
| "Unable to advance. Unfortunate. Obstructed by | | | | there were emotional scenes in the courtroom, him |
| people of little worth and petty aims. Withdrawing." | | | | breaking down saying he is a true fan of the JK |
| Can't imagine anyone could stop her from doing | | | | Rowling and the Harry Potter books etc. |
| anything, she's got too much money and is therefore | | | | I must say that if I wanted to produce a work off the |
| quite powerful, I would have thought. But read on. | | | | back of somebody else's, I would expect to have to |
| "Adapt by changing your idea of yourself", and it also | | | | ask their permission first, and to collaborate in some |
| suggests, "Too much splendor". | | | | way, and to pay them a massive royalty at the very |
| Maybe she's overdoing the spending. Although I have | | | | least! |
| read that she does a lot for charity. But then I have | | | | So, maybe this is where the I Ching's "obstruction" is |
| also read that she has a house in every country or | | | | coming in... Maybe it will prove to be very bad for her |
| something similar. Must take its toll trying to manage, or | | | | to have fought this court case, kind of undo some of |
| at least keep an eye on all that. | | | | the good she is trying to do. And maybe it wasn't a |
| Then it says: "Submitting to one's desires. Negative | | | | good idea for her personally - it must be emotionally |
| energy in charge". | | | | draining, fighting for something good and being thought |
| I cannot imagine her being negative. But who knows? | | | | of as being money grabbing and doing the opposite! |
| Maybe she is being like that at the moment for some | | | | Maybe she is too focused on money, like I was seeing |
| reason. Maybe, because she has all that money, it | | | | in the psychic reading, and she is taking life too |
| does bring a lot of stress with it, and pressure. | | | | seriously! Thinking she has to champion the cause of |
| Intrigued and wanting to know more, I did a psychic | | | | poor struggling authors everywhere, when in fact she |
| look at the situation as well: | | | | could have done with having a holiday, taking a break, |
| I saw money and logic dominating everything, across | | | | doing some knitting - getting some balance in her life! A |
| the whole radar screen of her life; it being out of | | | | more obvious connotation of "obstruction" is the fact |
| balance, and pushing everything else out of the way. | | | | that: |
| Sweeping all other concerns aside. | | | | "The ordeal of the lawsuit is draining her of her will to |
| I saw her as seeing the creative side of things as | | | | write"... |
| heavy, too serious, needing all her strength to do it. | | | | * - * - * - * |
| It looked like she was stretching and using all her | | | | I also did her Numerology, which is very interesting. She |
| energy to earn money, to the exclusion of all else, and | | | | has something in common with the Dalai Lama! |
| does not have any relaxing creative hobbies, which is | | | | Their charts: |
| harmful to her. | | | | JK Rowling | Dalai Lama |
| I saw her as being robotic, on a merry-go-round, being | | | | 3-6-9 | 3-6-9 |
| controlled (by publishers presumably). | | | | - -5 - -| - -5 - - |
| So even though she's a children's author, this suggests | | | | 11- -7| 1 - - 7 |
| she's being overly serious and needs to lighten up a | | | | Both have three lines of strength and a very 'stable' |
| little. I've read that she is anxious to get her messages | | | | looking chart. |
| across in her books, about her political beliefs, about | | | | I am saving these for my exciting new website, which I |
| socialism and the importance of sharing. There are a | | | | have planned for the future. Just a few more things to |
| lot of good quotes in them. | | | | slot into place and I'm there! |
| I was surprised by these answers. I thought her life | | | | X * X * X * X |
| would be good, or not too difficult at least. Perhaps | | | | The I Ching can be used to answer your questions |
| energetic and busy but somehow balanced, and | | | | and find solutions to the ordinary and the extraordinary; |
| enjoyable, of course. Just goes to show how we can | | | | make decisions and change direction confidently. |
| all see people's lives and imagine them to be better | | | | Email your first I Ching/psychic question, or for a taster |
| than ours! We all want to be her, but in reality, her life | | | | of your numerology, for free! |
| may not be so sweet. She is only human after all. | | | | |