I Ching reading: Sui (Following) changing to Cui (Gathering)
Sui: Nine at the beginning
What one held to changes. Staying true brings good fortune. Going out the gate to mix with others brings achievement.
官有渝，貞吉。出門交有功。
吉Favorable
Reading
Yes, go ahead.Go with the times and follow the right people, and you won't go wrong.
Governing text · Sui: Nine at the beginning
In plain wordsYour original position has changed. As long as the change is a right one, there is good fortune; go out the door and mix with more people, not just the ones you are partial to, and you will have something to show for it.
- Now
- A situation of following. The point is not the following itself, but whom and what you follow.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Nine at the beginning. 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 Cui (Gathering): People and resources are coming together; this is the time to get things done.
- What to do
- Read the situation clearly, choose what is good and follow it, and adapt when you need to; but what you follow must be legitimate. When it is time to rest, rest.
Read more closely
Which text applies
One changing line: read that line of the primary hexagram.
Your six throws, bottom to top: 1: 9 yang (changing) · 2: 8 yin · 3: 8 yin · 4: 7 yang · 5: 7 yang · 6: 8 yin
Line position
In its proper place · not answered by the fourth line
First place: the beginning of the matter. Low position, little power. Begin carefully.
Verdict words in the text
Nuclear hexagram · Jian (Gradual Progress)
Go in order, one step at a time, and the outcome will be good.
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.