I Ching reading: Xie (Release) changing to Kun (Exhaustion)
Xie: Six in the fifth place
The noble one brings about release. Good fortune. It is borne out in the petty people.
君子維有解，吉。有孚于小人。
吉Favorable
Reading
Yes, go ahead.The difficulty is lifting; you can breathe out.
Governing text · Xie: Six in the fifth place
In plain wordsThe noble one can cut off what ought to be cut off: good fortune. The way to check: see whether the petty people have withdrawn.
- Now
- Like all things stretching out after a thunderstorm, what has been holding you is coming loose.
- 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 Kun (Exhaustion): You are trapped, and right now no one believes anything you say.
- What to do
- If it is over, go back to normal life and stop stirring things up. If something is still unfinished, get it done soon. Be a little more lenient, with others and with yourself.
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: 8 yin · 4: 7 yang · 5: 6 yin (changing) · 6: 8 yin
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 · Jiji (After Completion)
The thing is already accomplished. What you most need to guard against now is slackening.
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.