Daxu, nine at the topHexagram 26, line 6 · Daxu (Great Restraint) · changing to 11
The line
In plain wordsWhat a wide-open highway of heaven, running in every direction! Held down for so long, at last the way is clear and unobstructed. Things go through.
The Image commentary on this line
何天之衢，道大行也。
"How open the highway of heaven": the way goes forward greatly.
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
- After being held back for so long, the road is finally wide open. Put the skills you have built up to full use and go ahead with what you want to do; as long as you are on the right path, every way goes through.
- Love
- After waiting so long, the knot in your heart has finally come undone. You can say what you want to say and openly take the step you want to take. Treat the other person sincerely, and things flow freely.
- Money
- The funds you have been saving for so long can finally be put to use. Go ahead and work with them freely; as long as the money comes and goes by proper ways, the road is open all the way.
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 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 Daxu (Great Restraint); when this line changes it becomes Tai (Peace): hexagram 26 changing to 11.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Tai (Peace)
A good time when above and below are in touch and everything runs smoothly.