I Ching reading: Jian (Gradual Progress) changing to Jian (Obstruction)
Jian: Nine at the top
The wild goose moves gradually to the heights. Its feathers can be used for the ceremony. Good fortune.
鴻漸于陸，其羽可用為儀，吉。
吉Favorable
Reading
Yes, go ahead.Go in order, one step at a time, and the outcome will be good.
Governing text · Jian: Nine at the top
In plain wordsThe wild goose has flown up to the great road among the clouds. Its feathers can be used to adorn the ceremonial regalia. Good fortune. Your position may already be above and outside it all, yet you are not a useless person.
- Now
- Like wild geese flying one stage at a time, like a marriage carried out step by step according to the rites: slow, but every step is steady.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Nine at the top. 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 Jian (Obstruction): The road ahead is very hard. Do not force your way forward yet.
- What to do
- Do not skip steps, and do not be in a hurry. Stay true and take your time.
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: 8 yin · 3: 7 yang · 4: 8 yin · 5: 7 yang · 6: 9 yang (changing)
Line position
Not in its proper place · not answered by the third line
Top place: the end of the matter. What reaches its limit turns. Know when to stop.
Verdict words in the text
Nuclear hexagram · Weiji (Before Completion)
Not done yet. One last step remains, and this is the step where mistakes come most easily.
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.