Daguo, nine in the third placeHexagram 28, line 3 · Daguo (Great Excess) · changing to 47
The line
In plain wordsThe roof beam is bent. Misfortune. The load is too heavy, you yourself are too rigid, and no one is able to help.
The Image commentary on this line
棟橈之凶，不可以有輔也。
The misfortune of "the ridgepole sags": it cannot be given support.
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
止Hold back. This text describes a bad outcome. Carry on as you are and you will lose by it. Stop, step aside or change your approach. Do not force it.
How to read good fortune, misfortune, regret, humiliation and no blame →
Asking about work, love or money
- Work
- The load is too heavy and you are too rigid: you won't listen to anyone, and no one can help. Keep forcing it and the beam will break. Stop, and put down the part you cannot hold up.
- Love
- You carry everything yourself, you won't bend, and you won't let anyone near; the longer you hold on, the more you bow under it. Stop forcing it and stop fighting. Pause, and put down what you can no longer hold.
- Money
- The burden has already bent the beam, yet you still won't loosen your grip, and no one can help. Stop forcing it, stop borrowing to prop it up, cut what has to be cut, and stop the losses first.
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 Daguo.
Line position
A yang line in a yang place: it is 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 backs, old yang), this line is your answer. The primary hexagram is Daguo (Great Excess); when this line changes it becomes Kun (Exhaustion): hexagram 28 changing to 47.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Kun (Exhaustion)
You are trapped, and right now no one believes anything you say.