I Ching reading: Xiaoxu (Small Restraint) changing to Xu (Waiting)
Xiaoxu: Nine at the top
The rain has come and has settled. Virtue is honored until it fills the cart. For the wife, persisting is dangerous. The moon is nearly full. If the noble one sets forth, misfortune.
既雨既處，尚德載。婦貞厲，月幾望，君子征凶。
止Hold back
Reading
Not now.One last push is still missing and it won't come off — the clouds are thick, but the rain hasn't fallen.
Governing text · Xiaoxu: Nine at the top
In plain wordsThe rain has fallen and has stopped — the storing up has reached its limit. It was filled bit by bit. But when the weaker side grows so full that it overpowers the stronger, there is danger even in doing right; the moon is almost full, and to go forward now brings misfortune.
- Now
- You have built up a little, but your strength is still small and cannot hold on to anything big. Things are brewing; it is not yet the time for results.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Nine at the top. The answer is in that line. This text describes a bad outcome. Carry on as you are and you will lose by it. Stop, step aside or change your approach. Do not force it.
- Where it is heading
- Things are moving toward Xu (Waiting): The time has not come yet. Wait.
- What to do
- Don't force it. Keep saving up bit by bit, work on yourself, and wait until the conditions are a little more solid.
Read more closely
Which text applies
One changing line: read that line of the primary hexagram.
Your six throws, bottom to top: 1: 7 yang · 2: 7 yang · 3: 7 yang · 4: 8 yin · 5: 7 yang · 6: 9 yang (changing)
Line position
Not in its proper place · not answered by the third line
Top place: the end of the matter. What reaches its limit turns. Know when to stop.
Verdict words in the text
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.