Xie, six at the topHexagram 40, line 6 · Xie (Release) · changing to 64
The line
In plain wordsThe duke, up on the high wall, shoots that vicious hawk and hits it with one arrow. Nothing that is not favorable. Get ready, and wait for the right moment before you strike.
The Image commentary on this line
公用射隼，以解悖也。
"The duke shoots a hawk": in order to release what is rebellious.
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 in a strong position, and the big troublemaker that has been causing problems all along can now be dealt with. Prepare fully first, pick your moment, and settle it in a single stroke. Nothing is unfavorable.
- Love
- The last big problem standing in the way in your love life can now be tackled. Think it through and get ready first, choose the right moment, and say everything fully in one go instead of going back and forth. Nothing is unfavorable this way.
- Money
- The bad debt or hidden risk that has dragged on for so long can now be dealt with. Prepare thoroughly, wait until the time is ripe, and settle it once and for all without dithering. Doing it this way can only work in your favor.
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 Xie.
Line position
A yin line in a yin place: it is in its proper place. Its partner is the third line, which is also yin, so there is no answer from it.
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 Xie (Release); when this line changes it becomes Weiji (Before Completion): hexagram 40 changing to 64.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Weiji (Before Completion)
Not done yet. One last step remains, and this is the step where mistakes come most easily.