I Ching reading: Ding (The Cauldron) changing to Heng (Endurance)
Ding: Nine at the top
The cauldron has a jade carrying bar. Great good fortune. Nothing that is not favorable.
鼎玉鉉，大吉，无不利。
吉Favorable
Reading
Yes, go ahead.A new order is being set up. Great good fortune.
Governing text · Ding: Nine at the top
In plain wordsThe cauldron is fitted with a bar of jade. Hard, yet warm and smooth. Great good fortune; nothing that is not 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: Nine at the top. 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 Heng (Endurance): This one is won by lasting.
- 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: 8 yin · 6: 9 yang (changing)
Line position
Not in its proper place · not answered by the third line
Top place: the end of the matter. What reaches its limit turns. Know when to stop.
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.