I Ching reading: Kun (Exhaustion) changing to Daguo (Great Excess)
Kun: Six in the third place
Hemmed in by stone, leaning on thorns. One enters the house and does not see one's wife. Misfortune.
困于石，據于蒺藜。入于其宮，不見其妻，凶。
止Hold back
Reading
Not now.You are trapped, and right now no one believes anything you say.
Governing text · Kun: Six in the third place
In plain wordsBlocked by rock in front, and what you lean on behind you is thorns. You come home and cannot even find your wife. Misfortune. You pushed against what you should not have touched, and leaned on what you should not have relied on.
- Now
- Like a lake with no water: resources dried up, hemmed in on every side. This is widely counted among the hardest hexagrams.
- 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 Daguo (Great Excess): The load is too heavy and the beam is already bent. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.
- What to do
- Say little, and do not go around explaining yourself. Hold on to your purpose and your bottom line. Those who can still hold firm in hardship come out of it in the end.
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: 7 yang · 3: 6 yin (changing) · 4: 7 yang · 5: 7 yang · 6: 8 yin
Line position
Not 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 · Jiaren (The Family)
First put the affairs of the household (your own inner circle) in order.
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.