I Ching reading: Kun (Exhaustion) changing to Ge (Revolution)
Kun: the judgment
Success. Staying true: for the great person, good fortune, no blame. There are words, but they are not believed.
亨。貞，大人吉，无咎。有言不信。
止Hold back
Reading
Not now.You are trapped, and right now no one believes anything you say.
Governing text · Kun: the judgment
In plain wordsThe person is trapped, but the way still goes through. Staying true is something only a great person can manage: good fortune, no blame. Right now, whatever you say, no one believes it; speak little.
Supporting text · Ge: the judgment
In plain wordsWhen a change first begins, nobody believes in it; only when the time has come will people be convinced. Things go through in a big way, and it is favorable to stay true. If the change is made the right way, regret vanishes.
- Now
- Like a lake with no water: resources dried up, hemmed in on every side. This is widely counted among the hardest hexagrams.
- The key
- Three lines are changing, exactly half. The judgment of Kun governs; the judgment of Ge supports it. The moment is against you. This is a time to stop, hold and wait, not to push. Where the text speaks of success or good fortune, it means that those who hold steady will come through in the end.
- Where it is heading
- Things are moving toward Ge (Revolution): The time has come when things must change, but wait until the moment is ripe.
- What to do
- Say little, and do not go around explaining yourself. Hold on to your purpose and your bottom line. Those who can still hold firm in hardship come out of it in the end.
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Which text applies
Three changing lines: read the judgments of both hexagrams; the primary hexagram governs, the resulting hexagram supports.
Your six throws, bottom to top: 1: 6 yin (changing) · 2: 9 yang (changing) · 3: 6 yin (changing) · 4: 7 yang · 5: 7 yang · 6: 8 yin
Verdict words in the text
Nuclear hexagram · Jiaren (The Family)
First put the affairs of the household (your own inner circle) in order.
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.