I Ching reading: Ding (The Cauldron) changing to Gou (Encounter)
Ding: Six in the fifth place
The cauldron has yellow ears and a metal carrying bar. It is favorable to stay true.
鼎黃耳金鉉，利貞。
吉Favorable
Reading
Yes, go ahead.A new order is being set up. Great good fortune.
Governing text · Ding: Six in the fifth place
In plain wordsThe cauldron is fitted with yellow ears and a metal bar. You yourself are open-minded and centered, and you have strong people to lift you up. Stay true; it is favorable.
- Now
- The cauldron is a weighty vessel for cooking and also a symbol of authority: the old is cleared away and the new is made.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Six in the fifth 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 Gou (Encounter): A person or a matter you run into unexpectedly; do not get deeply involved lightly.
- What to do
- Stand firmly in your own position and take on what is yours to carry. Give real responsibility to capable people.
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: 7 yang · 4: 7 yang · 5: 6 yin (changing) · 6: 7 yang
Line position
Not in its proper place · central · answered by the second line
Fifth place: the center of the upper trigram, the ruler's seat, a place of achievement. This is where things are decided.
Verdict words in the text
Nuclear hexagram · Guai (Resolution)
There is something that should be cleared away, and the time has come to decide.
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.