I Ching reading: Lü (Treading) changing to Dui (Joy)
Lü: Nine at the top
Look back over your steps and examine the signs. If the round is complete, supreme good fortune.
視履考祥，其旋元吉。
吉Favorable
Reading
Yes, go ahead.There is risk in this, but if you walk carefully and by the rules, you can get through safely.
Governing text · Lü: Nine at the top
In plain wordsLook back at the road you have walked; good and bad both come from there. If you have walked it fully and owe nothing, there is great good fortune.
- Now
- It is like walking behind a tiger's tail: danger is right beside you, but as long as you are cautious and know your limits, the tiger does not bite.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Nine at the top. The answer is in that line. This text describes a good outcome. Act the way it says and the matter can succeed. The promise has a condition: keep to the right course.
- Where it is heading
- Things are moving toward Dui (Joy): When people are amiable and enjoy each other's company, things go smoothly.
- What to do
- Go by the rules, keep a low posture, and take each step steadily. Don't show off your strength, and don't think you are more capable than you are.
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: 8 yin · 4: 7 yang · 5: 7 yang · 6: 9 yang (changing)
Line position
Not in its proper place · 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 · 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.