Kui, nine in the second placeHexagram 38, line 2 · Kui (Opposition) · changing to 21

The line

The Image commentary on this line

遇主于巷，未失道也。

"Meeting one's lord in a lane": one has not lost the 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

平Neutral. Neither good nor bad. Do your part, correct mistakes, and nothing will go wrong.

• 无咎 no blame: no fault attaches, often because a mistake is corrected in time

How to read good fortune, misfortune, regret, humiliation and no blame →

Asking about work, love or money

Work

If the official channels are blocked, find another setting or another way to talk to the person who can make the call; a private chat or a chance meeting will do. As long as your aim is proper, taking the long way around is no mistake.

Love

If talking face to face doesn't work, try a more relaxed setting, or come at it indirectly and start getting closer through small things. As long as your feelings are real, there is nothing wrong with a gentler, roundabout approach.

Money

If you can't reach agreement about money in formal settings, try talking with the other side privately, and start with small dealings. As long as you don't break your principles, a detour is no mistake.

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 Kui.

Line position

A yang line in a yin place: it is not in its proper place; it holds the center of its trigram. Its partner is the fifth line, which is its opposite, so the two answer each other.

Second place: the center of the lower trigram, a place of praise. Stay centered and yielding.

Proper place, center and correspondence explained →

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 Kui (Opposition); when this line changes it becomes Shihe (Biting Through): hexagram 38 changing to 21.

Which text to read with several changing lines →