Well, the I Ching is helpful in almost every range of daily life. Impossible to list the possibilities. Most of the questions I have to handle are after partnerships. Great results, if people is ready to follow the hints, it really helps - if there's a way of course. The I Ching can give only advice, to handle the situation, that's the duty of the asking person.
But there are many questions also directed to working life. If someone has more than one job offer it is useful to check them to find out what job would be the best.
How to behave with others - in the job, in the family, in partnership and so on.
What can I do to reach this goal ? Many, many posiibilities.
Very helpful is the I Ching in self-development with infinite numbers of possible questions.
Also for managers it is helpful - for example to choose the right employee for a certain function. Or how person x would behave/fit into a certain team. Also here many, many possibilities.
I'm searching always for new shores - so I predicted once the currency fluctuations between USD and D-Mark (in the early 90s before Euro). I did that for a economy magazine. They printed my forecast - for one week, three weeks in advance, two movements for each day, morning and afternoon - and it was right, every single answer showed the right movement.
Big Japanese companies have own branches to coach the management by I Ching. No joke. 600 employees from IBM learned to handle the I Ching in the early 90s. The economy newspaper The Economist made fun of IBM in an article. IBM was weak that time, but after a year they changed to a flat management and since then IBM is strong again.
The Japanese generals planned the assault on Pearl Harbor with the I Ching. But they didn't look further, otherwise they would have seen the coming desaster (Hiroshima, Nagasaki).
I could continue, but that would be too much. The I Ching is definitely a great helper, it gives incredible hints, wherever wanted.
Books - I already mentioned the best in another posting: the best translations are of course from James Legge and Richard Wilhelm. There's also a great translation from the Eranos Foundation in Svizzerland. I believe, that's not available in the bookstores, one has to order directly, if still available. But this one is not for beginners, it is very complicated.
I'd suggest to make a course anyway to learn how to work with the I Ching. Only thing is, there are only few serious people to do it. Most are esoteric clubs that offers all and everything and that's a danger. The I Ching isn't esoteric at all.
Hope that information helps you at least a little. If you have further questions, just ask, I'll do my best.
Cheers
P

hello,
it would be really helpful if u would keep posting some articles on I ching for us? it would open a new avenue for people who are interested in learning about it.
thanks
swetha

Swetha, I'd like to do that. I'm doing courses to teach the proper use of the I Ching for many years now. Even at adult education centers.
BUT it's not a question of willing, it's a question of ability. With my premium-english I'd not come far without nasty and surely not helpful misunderstandings.
If there are questions on the I Ching I'll be glad to help if I can - in the range of my possibilities.
P

hello,
thanks for ur replies... so i think we can direct questions towards u and u can give us specific answers for the same?

There is a good book out there (I only have a library copy ) called "The Complete I Ching" which looks pretty in-depth (somewhere underneath all the papers in my room, but the author is Karcher). Probably good for more than just a quick-fire reading.

You could probably pick up a good pocket copy of the straight divination meanings that could also be used as a book oracle - I consult my little one that I keep next to my bed if I need an "omen for the day".

Amazon has plenty of complete and not so complete guides out there. Though DJ ICU seems to have summarised most of the information on casting the oracle in his posts on this forum!!!