Bo, six in the third placeHexagram 23, line 3 · Bo (Splitting Apart) · changing to 52
The line
In plain wordsYou are in the middle of a group bent on destruction, yet you alone leave them and stand on the side of what is right. No blame.
The Image commentary on this line
剝之无咎，失上下也。
"In the midst of the stripping. No blame": he parts from those above and below.
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
- The people around you are all coasting and undermining things, and you refuse to go along; you stand on the right side. You will seem out of step, perhaps even be left isolated, but this is not wrong.
- Love
- The people around you are all casual about love and tell you not to take it too seriously either, but you don't follow them; you keep to what you believe is right. Drifting a little away from that crowd is fine.
- Money
- Everyone around you is spending recklessly, borrowing carelessly and making dirty money, and you alone don't join in. Better to earn less and keep fewer such ties, and stay clean in how you deal; then there is no blame.
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 Bo.
Line position
A yin line in a yang place: it is not in its proper place. Its partner is the top line, which is its opposite, so the two answer each other.
Third place: the top of the lower trigram, a place of risk. A moment of transition. Be on guard.
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 Bo (Splitting Apart); when this line changes it becomes Gen (Stillness): hexagram 23 changing to 52.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Gen (Stillness)
Stop when it is time to stop, and mind what is properly your own business.