I Ching reading: Xun (The Gentle Wind) changing to Gu (Repairing Decay)
Xun: Nine in the fifth place
Staying true brings good fortune; regret vanishes. Nothing that is not favorable. No beginning, but there is an end. Three days before the change, three days after the change. Good fortune.
貞吉悔亡，无不利。无初有終。先庚三日，後庚三日，吉。
吉Favorable
Reading
Yes, go ahead.Enter gently, going with the current, and there will be a small gain.
Governing text · Xun: Nine in the fifth place
In plain wordsStaying true brings good fortune, regret vanishes, and there is nothing that is not favorable. The start does not go smoothly, but the ending is good. When you mean to change something: for three days beforehand give careful, repeated notice, and for three days afterward weigh the results closely. Good fortune.
- Now
- The hexagram of wind: it gets in everywhere, by yielding and seeping through, not by force.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Nine 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 Gu (Repairing Decay): Old problems that have piled up have reached the point where they must be dealt with.
- What to do
- Follow capable people; going forward is favorable. But yielding does not mean having no mind of your own. When it is time to decide, decide.
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: 8 yin · 5: 9 yang (changing) · 6: 7 yang
Line position
In its proper place · central · not 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 · Kui (Opposition)
You are out of step with each other. Big things will not work; small ones still can.
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.