I Ching reading: Meng (Youthful Ignorance) changing to Gu (Repairing Decay)
Meng: Six in the third place
Do not take this woman. She sees a man of gold and loses hold of herself. Nothing is favorable.
勿用取女，見金夫，不有躬，无攸利。
止Hold back
Reading
Not now.You can't see clearly right now because you don't yet understand. It is time to go and ask, not to keep guessing.
Governing text · Meng: Six in the third place
In plain wordsDo not marry a woman like this: she sees a man with money and cannot keep hold of herself. Joining up with someone who forgets what is right at the sight of gain brings no good at all.
- Now
- You are at the stage of having no experience and not knowing where the door is, like a spring that has just welled up at the foot of a mountain and doesn't yet know which way to flow.
- 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 Gu (Repairing Decay): Old problems that have piled up have reached the point where they must be dealt with.
- What to do
- Sincerely seek out someone who understands and ask. Ask once, listen carefully, and do as you are told. Don't keep asking about the same thing over and over until you get the answer you want.
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: 8 yin · 5: 8 yin · 6: 7 yang
Line position
Not in its proper place · 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 · Fu (Return)
The worst is over, and the turn has come.
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.