Li, six in the fifth placeHexagram 30, line 5 · Li (Clinging Fire) · changing to 13
The line
In plain wordsTears streaming down, sorrow and sighing. Your position is unsteady, pressed from above and from below; but precisely because you are this worried and fearful, it turns out to be good fortune.
The Image commentary on this line
六五之吉，離王公也。
The good fortune of the six in the fifth place: it clings to kings and dukes.
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
- You are squeezed between those above and those below, under so much pressure you could cry. But precisely because you take it this seriously and worry this much, you let nothing slide, and so you can hold steady. That is good.
- Love
- Shedding tears and sighing over your love life shows that you truly care. Carry that worry with you, look at where you yourself have fallen short and don't take things lightly, and the relationship can hold steady after all.
- Money
- Worrying about money and losing sleep over it is not all bad. Precisely because you worry this much, you don't dare spend carelessly, and so you keep the situation 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 Li.
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 also yin, so there is no answer from it.
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 Li (Clinging Fire); when this line changes it becomes Tongren (Fellowship): hexagram 30 changing to 13.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Tongren (Fellowship)
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