I Ching reading: Meng (Youthful Ignorance) changing to Bo (Splitting Apart)
Meng: Nine in the second place
Bearing with the ignorant: good fortune. Taking a wife: good fortune. The son can carry the household.
包蒙吉，納婦吉，子克家。
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: Nine in the second place
In plain wordsBeing able to bear with those who don't understand: good fortune. Like marrying a capable wife: good fortune. Like a son who can hold the family up. Though you are in a lower position, you can shoulder what those above hand to you.
- 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: Nine in the second 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 Bo (Splitting Apart): The foundation is being hollowed out bit by bit. This is no time to act.
- 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: 9 yang (changing) · 3: 8 yin · 4: 8 yin · 5: 8 yin · 6: 7 yang
Line position
Not in its proper place · central · answered by the fifth line
Second place: the center of the lower trigram, a place of praise. Stay centered and yielding.
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.