Kui, six in the fifth placeHexagram 38, line 5 · Kui (Opposition) · changing to 10
The line
In plain wordsRegret vanishes. Someone of your own clan is as easy to get close to as biting into a piece of soft meat. Go forward. What blame could there be?
The Image commentary on this line
厥宗噬膚，往有慶也。
"The clansman bites through soft flesh": going forward brings cause for celebration.
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
- With people who were on your side all along, working together is actually easy; don't let small differences right now scare you off. Go over and talk to them first; there is nothing wrong in that.
- Love
- With the person you truly get along with, the gap between you is actually thin; one honest sentence can clear it. Take the first step closer. There is nothing wrong with that, and earlier regrets will fade.
- Money
- In money matters, work with your own people, who know you inside out, and agreement comes easily. Put your earlier worries aside and move ahead; there is no blame in that.
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 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 Kui (Opposition); when this line changes it becomes Lü (Treading): hexagram 38 changing to 10.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Lü (Treading)
There is risk in this, but if you walk carefully and by the rules, you can get through safely.