I Ching reading: Jing (The Well) changing to Xu (Waiting)
Jing: Six at the beginning
The well is muddy and no one drinks from it. An old well: no birds come.
井泥不食，舊井无禽。
止Hold back
Reading
Not now.The fundamental thing has not changed. The question is whether you are using it well, and using it all the way.
Governing text · Jing: Six at the beginning
In plain wordsThe bottom of the well is all mud, and the water cannot be drunk; an abandoned well, where not even birds come. With no living water, no one pays it any attention.
- Now
- The hexagram of the well: the village can move, the well cannot; the water neither grows nor shrinks, and whoever comes can draw.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Six at the beginning. The answer is in that line. The text gives no verdict, but the picture is a bad one. Carry on as you are and you will lose by it. Stop, step aside, or change your approach.
- Where it is heading
- Things are moving toward Xu (Waiting): The time has not come yet. Wait.
- What to do
- Go back to the root that has always nourished you; repair it and use it well. See things through — if the water spills at the mouth of the well, you drew it for nothing.
Read more closely
Which text applies
One changing line: read that line of the primary hexagram.
Your six throws, bottom to top: 1: 6 yin (changing) · 2: 7 yang · 3: 7 yang · 4: 8 yin · 5: 7 yang · 6: 8 yin
Line position
Not in its proper place · not answered by the fourth line
First place: the beginning of the matter. Low position, little power. Begin carefully.
Nuclear hexagram · Kui (Opposition)
You are out of step with each other. Big things will not work; small ones still can.
The nuclear hexagram is formed from the four inner lines. It shows what is going on inside the situation.
Full texts
One who truly knows the Changes does not need to divine. The text is for reflection; what you do is up to you.