Heng, six at the topHexagram 32, line 6 · Heng (Endurance) · changing to 50
The line
In plain wordsRestlessness has been taken for the normal state. Misfortune. Not a moment of stillness, and nothing can be held on to.
The Image commentary on this line
振恆在上，大无功也。
"Restless endurance" at the top: a great lack of achievement.
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
- You keep stirring things up: changing direction, changing methods, changing people, and after all that busyness nothing has come of it. Stop. Make no more moves, and let things settle first.
- Love
- You cannot be still for a moment: constantly testing, changing your mind, stirring things up, so nothing can ever settle. Stop. Let yourself quiet down first, and stop making scenes.
- Money
- Your money never gets a moment's rest: touched as soon as it is saved, plans changed as soon as they are made, and in the end nothing is left. Stop. Quit shifting it around, and let it settle 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 Heng.
Line position
A yin line in a yin place: it is in its proper place. Its partner is the third line, which is its opposite, so the two answer each other.
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 inscribed sides, old yin), this line is your answer. The primary hexagram is Heng (Endurance); when this line changes it becomes Ding (The Cauldron): hexagram 32 changing to 50.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Ding (The Cauldron)
A new order is being set up. Great good fortune.