I Ching reading: Meng (Youthful Ignorance) changing to Huan (Dispersion)
Meng: Six in the fifth place
The ignorance of a child. Good fortune.
童蒙，吉。
吉Favorable
Reading
Yes, go ahead.You can't see clearly right now because you don't yet understand. It is time to go and ask, not to keep guessing.
Governing text · Meng: Six in the fifth place
In plain wordsSimple and open-minded like a child, and willing to be taught. Good fortune.
- Now
- You are at the stage of having no experience and not knowing where the door is, like a spring that has just welled up at the foot of a mountain and doesn't yet know which way to flow.
- 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 Huan (Dispersion): People's hearts, or the situation, have scattered and need to be drawn together again.
- What to do
- Sincerely seek out someone who understands and ask. Ask once, listen carefully, and do as you are told. Don't keep asking about the same thing over and over until you get the answer you want.
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: 8 yin · 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 · Fu (Return)
The worst is over, and the turn has come.
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.