I Ching reading: Yi (Increase) changing to Zhun (Difficult Beginnings)
Yi: Nine at the top
No one brings increase; someone strikes instead. The heart is set without constancy. Misfortune.
莫益之，或擊之。立心勿恆，凶。
止Hold back
Reading
Not now.There is help and there is gain; a good time to go ahead boldly.
Governing text · Yi: Nine at the top
In plain wordsNo one comes to help you, and someone comes to strike you. Insatiably greedy, and fickle at heart besides: misfortune.
- Now
- A hexagram of increase: benefit is flowing your way. It is favorable for big undertakings and big crossings.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Nine at the top. 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 Zhun (Difficult Beginnings): Every beginning is hard, and right now you are in the hardest part of the beginning.
- What to do
- Go ahead and do it. When you see something good in others, learn it; when you find a mistake in yourself, fix it — that is the most solid increase there is.
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: 8 yin · 4: 8 yin · 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 · Bo (Splitting Apart)
The foundation is being hollowed out bit by bit. This is no time to act.
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.