Dayou, nine at the beginningHexagram 14, line 1 · Dayou (Great Possession) · changing to 50
The line
In plain wordsYou have not yet been touched by anything bad, so where would any fault come from? But you must still treat it as a hard matter and handle it with care; only then will you not go wrong.
The Image commentary on this line
大有初九，无交害也。
The nine at the beginning of Dayou: "no contact with what harms".
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
平Neutral. Neither good nor bad. Do your part, correct mistakes, and nothing will go wrong.
How to read good fortune, misfortune, regret, humiliation and no blame →
Asking about work, love or money
- Work
- You have only just gained some resources and opportunities and are not yet caught up in any clash of interests, so nothing is wrong so far. But don't treat it as easy; handle everything as if it were hard, and you will not go wrong.
- Love
- For now your love life is clean and simple: no entanglements, and no one has hurt anyone. Don't take it lightly because it comes easily; treat it as something hard that needs real care, and you will not go astray.
- Money
- You are starting to have money to spare and have not yet gotten tangled up in loans or quarrels over sharing it; that is good. But don't grow careless now that you have it. Treat holding on to money as hard, take care at every step, and you will not go wrong.
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 Dayou.
Line position
A yang line in a yang place: it is in its proper place. Its partner is the fourth line, which is also yang, so there is no answer from it.
First place: the beginning of the matter. Low position, little power. Begin carefully.
When you get this line
If this is the only changing line in your cast (three backs, old yang), this line is your answer. The primary hexagram is Dayou (Great Possession); when this line changes it becomes Ding (The Cauldron): hexagram 14 changing to 50.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Ding (The Cauldron)
A new order is being set up. Great good fortune.