Daxu, six in the fifth placeHexagram 26, line 5 · Daxu (Great Restraint) · changing to 9
The line
In plain wordsThe boar's tusks have been brought under control. The problem has already shown itself, so it is not as easy as it would have been at the start, but you have seized the crux and can contain it. Good fortune.
The Image commentary on this line
六五之吉，有慶也。
The good fortune of the six in the fifth place: there is cause for rejoicing.
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
- The problem has already surfaced; don't just press down on the surface. Find the root cause and go after it there, and you can bring it under control and get things running smoothly.
- Love
- The friction has already shown itself. Don't fight over the few words said in an argument. Find the real root of what has things stuck, work on it there, and you can hold steady.
- Money
- The leak has already appeared; don't patch a bit here and a bit there. Find the real opening your money is draining through, plug it at the source, and the situation can be brought under control.
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 Daxu.
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 its opposite, so the two answer each other.
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 Daxu (Great Restraint); when this line changes it becomes Xiaoxu (Small Restraint): hexagram 26 changing to 9.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Xiaoxu (Small Restraint)
One last push is still missing and it won't come off — the clouds are thick, but the rain hasn't fallen.