I Ching reading: Xiaoxu (Small Restraint) changing to Daxu (Great Restraint)
Xiaoxu: Nine in the fifth place
There is sincerity, binding all together. Wealth that carries the neighbors along.
有孚攣如，富以其鄰。
吉Favorable
Reading
Yes, go ahead.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 in the fifth place
In plain wordsWith sincerity you bind everyone firmly together, and you use your own strength to carry along the people on either side of you.
- 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 in the fifth place. The answer is in that line. The text gives no verdict, but the picture it paints is a hopeful one. Act the way it describes and there will be something to gain.
- Where it is heading
- Things are moving toward Daxu (Great Restraint): You have saved up plenty of capital. Time to take it out and use it.
- 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: 9 yang (changing) · 6: 7 yang
Line position
In its proper place · central · not answered by the second line
Fifth place: the center of the upper trigram, the ruler's seat, a place of achievement. This is where things are decided.
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.