Sun, six in the fifth placeHexagram 41, line 5 · Sun (Decrease) · changing to 61
The line
In plain wordsSomeone brings you a priceless tortoise, and you could not turn it down if you tried. Great good fortune. You are open-minded and hold the center, so everyone is willing to come and help you succeed.
The Image commentary on this line
六五元吉，自上祐也。
The "supreme good fortune" of six in the fifth place: help comes from above.
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
- Because you are open-minded and don't compete, people are all the more willing to help you succeed: the opportunities and help that come your way are impossible to turn down. Accept them openly and use them well; that is great good fortune. Just don't lose that humility.
- Love
- Someone is treating you well with all their heart, and what they offer is generous; there is no need to refuse it, and you could not anyway. Accept it gracefully and keep treating people with modesty and sincerity. Love like this brings great good fortune.
- Money
- When extra help or a benefit is set before you, comes by honest means and cannot be turned down, accept it without worry. Just don't let it make you complacent; stay humble and even-handed, and you will hold on to this good fortune.
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 Sun.
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 Sun (Decrease); when this line changes it becomes Zhongfu (Inner Truth): hexagram 41 changing to 61.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Zhongfu (Inner Truth)
Sincerity moves people. This matter rests on one word: trust.