I Ching reading: Li (Clinging Fire) changing to Tongren (Fellowship)
Li: Six in the fifth place
Tears in floods, grieving and sighing. Good fortune.
出涕沱若，戚嗟若，吉。
吉Favorable
Reading
Yes, go ahead.Attach yourself to the right people and things, and the light can last.
Governing text · Li: Six in the fifth place
In plain wordsTears streaming down, sorrow and sighing. Your position is unsteady, pressed from above and from below; but precisely because you are this worried and fearful, it turns out to be good fortune.
- Now
- Fire has to cling to something in order to burn. Your situation is the same: what you depend on, and whom you go with, decides the outcome.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Six in the fifth place. 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 Tongren (Fellowship): Find like-minded people and do it together. This can succeed.
- What to do
- Choose a legitimate support. Don't let your temper run too fierce; like raising a cow, cultivate a little gentleness. Stay true and things go through.
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: 7 yang · 4: 7 yang · 5: 6 yin (changing) · 6: 7 yang
Line position
Not 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.
Verdict words in the text
Nuclear hexagram · Daguo (Great Excess)
The load is too heavy and the beam is already bent. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.
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.