Dazhuang, six in the fifth placeHexagram 34, line 5 · Dazhuang (Great Strength) · changing to 43
The line
In plain wordsWithout your noticing, the sheep is gone — that hard, fierce energy has left you. But there is nothing to regret.
The Image commentary on this line
喪羊于易，位不當也。
"The sheep is lost before one notices": it is not in its proper place.
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
平Neutral. Neither good nor bad. Do your part, correct mistakes, and nothing will go wrong.
How to read good fortune, misfortune, regret, humiliation and no blame →
Asking about work, love or money
- Work
- Without your noticing, that urge to compete and win has gone, and you no longer want to fight it out. Your position was never suited to forcing things anyway. Work with this calm, and you will not regret it.
- Love
- That drive to win and to get what you want has faded without your noticing. Don't see it as giving in. This calm is good for love; there is nothing to regret, and no need to get that drive back.
- Money
- The urge to go big and charge hard has faded, and you are starting to look for stability. Don't fret over what you may have missed. Hold steady calmly; there is nothing to regret.
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 Dazhuang.
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 its opposite, so the two answer each other.
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 Dazhuang (Great Strength); when this line changes it becomes Guai (Resolution): hexagram 34 changing to 43.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Guai (Resolution)
There is something that should be cleared away, and the time has come to decide.