I Ching reading: Jing (The Well) changing to Sheng (Rising)
Jing: Nine in the fifth place
The well is clear; its cold spring water is drunk.
井冽，寒泉食。
吉Favorable
Reading
Yes, go ahead.The fundamental thing has not changed. The question is whether you are using it well, and using it all the way.
Governing text · Jing: Nine in the fifth place
In plain wordsThe well water is clear, and the cold spring water can now be drunk. You are clean and full yourself, and you truly nourish others too.
- Now
- The hexagram of the well: the village can move, the well cannot; the water neither grows nor shrinks, and whoever comes can draw.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Nine in the fifth place. The answer is in that line. The text gives no verdict, but the picture it paints is a hopeful one. Act the way it describes and there will be something to gain.
- Where it is heading
- Things are moving toward Sheng (Rising): A steady rise; go forward with confidence.
- What to do
- Go back to the root that has always nourished you; repair it and use it well. See things through — if the water spills at the mouth of the well, you drew it for nothing.
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: 8 yin
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.
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.