I Ching reading: Wuwang (Innocence) changing to Tongren (Fellowship)
Wuwang: Six in the third place
An undeserved calamity. Someone tethers an ox; the passerby's gain is the villager's calamity.
无妄之災。或繫之牛，行人之得，邑人之災。
止Hold back
Reading
Not now.Honestly do what ought to be done. Don't count on luck, and don't make rash moves.
Governing text · Wuwang: Six in the third place
In plain wordsYou did nothing wrong, yet disaster strikes: someone tied an ox by the road, a passerby walked off with it, and it is the people living in the village who get questioned and investigated. An undeserved calamity.
- Now
- A hexagram of being genuine and free of falsehood. Walk the right path and things go through in a big way; if your motives are not right, trouble follows. You may also run into an accident you did nothing to bring on.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Six in the third place. 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 Tongren (Fellowship): Find like-minded people and do it together. This can succeed.
- What to do
- Don't speculate, and don't hope for windfalls. Do well what should be done and let the results come as they will. This is not a time to stir things up for selfish ends.
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: 8 yin · 3: 6 yin (changing) · 4: 7 yang · 5: 7 yang · 6: 7 yang
Line position
Not in its proper place · answered by the top line
Third place: the top of the lower trigram, a place of risk. A moment of transition. Be on guard.
Verdict words in the text
Nuclear hexagram · Jian (Gradual Progress)
Go in order, one step at a time, and the outcome will be good.
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.