I Ching reading: Cui (Gathering) changing to Kun (Exhaustion)
Cui: Six in the second place
Being drawn in brings good fortune, no blame. With sincerity, even a simple offering is favorable.
引吉，无咎。孚乃利用禴。
吉Favorable
Reading
Yes, go ahead.People and resources are coming together; this is the time to get things done.
Governing text · Cui: Six in the second place
In plain wordsYou are drawn along by someone to the gathering: good fortune, no blame. As long as the heart is sincere, even a meager offering can be used for the sacrifice.
- Now
- A hexagram of gathering. It can gather because there is a center that everyone identifies with.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Six in the second 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 Kun (Exhaustion): You are trapped, and right now no one believes anything you say.
- What to do
- Set up a shared goal, ask someone with standing to preside, and gather people by proper means. With many people and many things, also guard against the unexpected.
Read more closely
Which text applies
One changing line: read that line of the primary hexagram.
Your six throws, bottom to top: 1: 8 yin · 2: 6 yin (changing) · 3: 8 yin · 4: 7 yang · 5: 7 yang · 6: 8 yin
Line position
In its proper place · central · answered by the fifth line
Second place: the center of the lower trigram, a place of praise. Stay centered and yielding.
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.