I Ching reading: Jiaren (The Family) changing to Yi (Increase)
Jiaren: Nine in the third place
The household is ruled with harsh scolding: regret and danger, yet good fortune. Wife and children giggle and chatter: in the end, humiliation.
家人嗃嗃，悔厲吉。婦子嘻嘻，終吝。
慎Proceed with care
Reading
Yes, but carefully.First put the affairs of the household (your own inner circle) in order.
Governing text · Jiaren: Nine in the third place
In plain wordsThe family is governed so strictly that everyone groans. There is regret and there is danger, yet it is good fortune. If wife and children laugh and fool around all day with no rules, it ends in humiliation.
- Now
- A hexagram about the family, and about internal affairs. When everyone keeps to their own place, the inside is steady.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Nine in the third place. The answer is in that line. The outcome can be good, but the text carries a warning. Take the warning seriously and the good outcome is yours.
- Where it is heading
- Things are moving toward Yi (Increase): There is help and there is gain; a good time to go ahead boldly.
- What to do
- Speak with substance; act with constancy. Set the rules inside first, and err on the strict side. Once the inside is steady, outside matters become manageable.
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: 9 yang (changing) · 4: 8 yin · 5: 7 yang · 6: 7 yang
Line position
In its proper place · not 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 · Weiji (Before Completion)
Not done yet. One last step remains, and this is the step where mistakes come most easily.
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.