I Ching reading: Jing (The Well) changing to Jian (Obstruction)
Jing: Nine in the second place
In the well's hollow, water trickles to the minnows. The jug is broken and leaks.
井谷射鮒，甕敝漏。
止Hold back
Reading
Not now.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 second place
In plain wordsThe water in the well only seeps away into a small hole at the bottom, keeping a few little fish alive; the clay jug for drawing water is broken too, and leaks. There is water, but it cannot reach the top.
- 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 second place. The answer is in that line. The text gives no verdict, but the picture is a bad one. Carry on as you are and you will lose by it. Stop, step aside, or change your approach.
- 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
- 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: 9 yang (changing) · 3: 7 yang · 4: 8 yin · 5: 7 yang · 6: 8 yin
Line position
Not in its proper place · central · not answered by the fifth line
Second place: the center of the lower trigram, a place of praise. Stay centered and yielding.
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.