Kun, six in the fifth placeHexagram 2, line 5 · Kun (Earth) · changing to 8
The line
In plain wordsWearing a yellow lower garment. You are in a high position yet modest and centered, yielding through and through. Great good fortune.
The Image commentary on this line
黃裳元吉，文在中也。
"A yellow lower garment. Supreme good fortune": the refinement is in the center.
The small Image commentary is the earliest explanation of the line texts. It usually explains a line from its position: where it stands, whether it holds the center, and which line answers it.
Verdict
吉Favorable. 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.
How to read good fortune, misfortune, regret, humiliation and no blame →
Asking about work, love or money
- Work
- You are in a position to make the call, which is all the more reason to be modest and even-handed. Lower yourself to help others succeed; with people's hearts on your side, the work can go very well.
- Love
- The other person values you and your words carry weight, so be all the more gentle and yielding. Don't put on airs; put your care into the small things, and the relationship will be very good.
- Money
- The better off you are, the more you should stay low-key and keep to your place. Don't flaunt your wealth or use your advantage to push others around. Earn every bit of it honestly, and the money comes smoothly and stays.
This is how to read it when this is the only changing line. With several changing lines, first see which text governs; for the hexagram as a whole, see Kun.
Line position
A yin line in a yang place: it is not in its proper place; it holds the center of its trigram. Its partner is the second line, which is also yin, so there is no answer from it.
Fifth place: the center of the upper trigram, the ruler's seat, a place of achievement. This is where things are decided.
When you get this line
If this is the only changing line in your cast (three inscribed sides, old yin), this line is your answer. The primary hexagram is Kun (Earth); when this line changes it becomes Bi (Alliance): hexagram 2 changing to 8.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Bi (Alliance)
It is time to find people to work with and draw close to your companions, and to do it early.