Yi, nine in the fifth placeHexagram 42, line 5 · Yi (Increase) · changing to 27
The line
In plain wordsBe kind to people wholeheartedly; no need to ask, it is great good fortune. Others will sincerely repay your goodness too.
The Image commentary on this line
有孚惠心，勿問之矣。惠我德，大得志也。
"There is sincerity and a kind heart": do not even ask about it. "Kindness returned to my virtue": the purpose is greatly fulfilled.
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
- Look out for the people around you sincerely: give them chances and help, expect nothing back, and don't even ask whether it is worth it; that is great good fortune. People will sincerely remember your kindness and work alongside you.
- Love
- Be good to the other person from the heart, without calculating, without conditions, and without asking what you will get back; that is the best there is. The other person will sincerely take your kindness to heart.
- Money
- Give the share that belongs to your partners and to those who have helped you, sincerely and in full, without calculating and without strings. Done this way, there is no need to ask how it will turn out; trust and goodwill will come back to you together.
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 Yi.
Line position
A yang line in a yang place: it is 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 backs, old yang), this line is your answer. The primary hexagram is Yi (Increase); when this line changes it becomes Yi (Nourishment): hexagram 42 changing to 27.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Yi (Nourishment)
The key question: what are you using to nourish yourself, and to nourish others?