Dayou, nine at the topHexagram 14, line 6 · Dayou (Great Possession) · changing to 34
The line
In plain wordsHeaven itself is helping him: good fortune, nothing unfavorable. Wealth has reached its peak, yet he still keeps his word, follows what is right and honors the worthy: full without spilling over.
The Image commentary on this line
大有上吉，自天祐也。
The good fortune at the top of Dayou: the help comes from heaven.
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 have reached the top and everything goes your way, as if heaven itself were helping. All the more reason to keep your word, do things by what is right, and respect people of real ability; full without spilling over, nothing is unfavorable.
- Love
- Love has reached a very good place, so smooth it is as if heaven were helping. Keep your promises, go by what is fair and reasonable, respect the other person's strengths, and don't get carried away when things are good; then all is well.
- Money
- Your money and resources are at their fullest, and everything comes easily. Keep your word, be reasonable, let people of real ability come forward, and even with plenty, don't show off or squander it; then nothing goes against you.
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 yin place: it is not in its proper place. Its partner is the third line, which is also yang, so there is no answer from it.
Top place: the end of the matter. What reaches its limit turns. Know when to stop.
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 Dazhuang (Great Strength): hexagram 14 changing to 34.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Dazhuang (Great Strength)
When your strength is great, the worst danger is using it in the wrong place.