Sui, nine at the beginningHexagram 17, line 1 · Sui (Following) · changing to 45
The line
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.
The Image commentary on this line
官有渝，從正吉也。出門交有功，不失也。
"What one held to changes": to follow what is correct brings good fortune. "Going out the gate to mix with others brings achievement": nothing is lost.
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
- It is fine that your original idea has changed, as long as it has changed for good reason. Don't just stick with the few people you get along with; go out and deal with all sides, and that is how you get results.
- Love
- Your old ideas about love have loosened; that is fine as long as the change makes sense. Don't shut yourself inside a small, familiar circle. Go out and spend time with more people; if you have a partner, go and see friends together more often.
- Money
- You can change your original plan, but change it for the right reasons. Don't listen only to the people you already know. Go out and look around, ask more than one side, and your business and partnerships will have room to grow.
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 Sui.
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 Sui (Following); when this line changes it becomes Cui (Gathering): hexagram 17 changing to 45.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Cui (Gathering)
People and resources are coming together; this is the time to get things done.