Li, six in the second placeHexagram 30, line 2 · Li (Clinging Fire) · changing to 14
The line
In plain wordsClinging to yellow — yellow is the color of the center. Your attachment is centered and correct. Great good fortune.
The Image commentary on this line
黃離元吉，得中道也。
"Clinging to yellow. Supreme good fortune": he finds the middle way.
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 platform and the people you rely on are sound, and you work without going to extremes. This is the best state to be in. Settle in and keep going along this path, and things will go very smoothly.
- Love
- Your heart is set on the right person, and the way you are together is neither cold nor too hot, just right. This is how it looks at its best. Keep going gently like this, and it will go very well.
- Money
- Your money comes from proper, steady sources, and you don't go to extremes in how you handle it. Keep to this middle way and go ahead with confidence; things will go very smoothly.
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 Li.
Line position
A yin line in a yin place: it is in its proper place; it holds the center of its trigram. Its partner is the fifth line, which is also yin, so there is no answer from it.
Second place: the center of the lower trigram, a place of praise. Stay centered and yielding.
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 Li (Clinging Fire); when this line changes it becomes Dayou (Great Possession): hexagram 30 changing to 14.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Dayou (Great Possession)
A time of rich harvest. Everything goes very smoothly.