I Ching reading: Xie (Release) changing to Shi (The Army)
Xie: Nine in the fourth place
Release your big toe. Then the friend arrives, and there is trust.
解而拇，朋至斯孚。
吉Favorable
Reading
Yes, go ahead.The difficulty is lifting; you can breathe out.
Governing text · Xie: Nine in the fourth place
In plain wordsShake off the person clinging to your big toe. Only when you break with those you should not be close to will real friends come, and trust you.
- Now
- Like all things stretching out after a thunderstorm, what has been holding you is coming loose.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Nine in the fourth 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 Shi (The Army): This is a hard battle that takes a lot of people. What matters most is the leader and the discipline.
- 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: 9 yang (changing) · 5: 8 yin · 6: 8 yin
Line position
Not in its proper place · answered by the first line
Fourth place: next to the ruler, a place of caution. Serve those above with care.
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.