I Ching reading: Dui (Joy) changing to Jie (Limitation)
Dui: Nine in the fourth place
Deliberating over joy, not yet at peace. Holding firm against the sickness, there is happiness.
商兌未寧，介疾有喜。
吉Favorable
Reading
Yes, go ahead.When people are amiable and enjoy each other's company, things go smoothly.
Governing text · Dui: Nine in the fourth place
In plain wordsYou weigh two kinds of pleasure back and forth and your heart cannot settle. If you can cleanly hold to the right one and turn away from the wrong one, there will be happiness.
- Now
- The hexagram of joy: two lakes connected, each replenishing the other.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Nine in the fourth 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 Jie (Limitation): Have restraint, but do not be so harsh that even you cannot bear it.
- What to do
- Sincerely make others glad, and yourself as well. Talk and learn with friends often. Pleasure bought with flattery does not count.
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: 9 yang (changing) · 5: 7 yang · 6: 8 yin
Line position
Not in its proper place · not answered by the first line
Fourth place: next to the ruler, a place of caution. Serve those above with care.
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.