Guai, nine in the second placeHexagram 43, line 2 · Guai (Resolution) · changing to 49

The line

The Image commentary on this line

莫夜有戎，得中道也。

"Armed attack late at night: do not worry": it holds the way of the center.

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. The text gives no verdict, only an image. Ask what in your situation the image resembles. The answer is there.

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Asking about work, love or money

Work

Before anything blows up, raise your guard: spell out the risks to everyone and get contingency plans ready ahead of time. With your defenses in place, even if trouble strikes in the middle of the night, there is no need to panic.

Love

A little wariness is a good thing: when you see a sign that something is off, say so, and keep watch together instead of hiding it. If you are on guard in ordinary times, then even when something unexpected does come, you don't need to worry.

Money

Be a little more wary with money: check the accounts often, name the likely trouble spots ahead of time, and keep money set aside for emergencies. With your guard fully up, even a sudden problem is nothing to fret over.

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 Guai.

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 also yang, so there is no answer from it.

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 Guai (Resolution); when this line changes it becomes Ge (Revolution): hexagram 43 changing to 49.

Which text to read with several changing lines →