Cui, six at the beginningHexagram 45, line 1 · Cui (Gathering) · changing to 17
The line
In plain wordsThere is sincerity, but it was not kept up to the end, so your resolve is confused and you bunch together with others at random. If you call out loud to the one you really ought to follow, bystanders may laugh at you. Pay it no mind and go: no blame.
The Image commentary on this line
乃亂乃萃，其志亂也。
"Now disorder, now gathering": the purpose is in disorder.
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
- You had settled on a direction but didn't hold to it; the people around you threw you off, and you joined whatever crowd was nearby. Go back to the people and the work you truly should follow; even if others laugh, pay it no mind, and just go.
- Love
- Deep down you know who it is you want, but a moment's hesitation let other people's opinions throw you off. Hold to that person and state your feelings openly; don't mind if people laugh. Go; you are not wrong.
- Money
- You had a plan for your money, but a few words from others threw you, and you have been tagging along after them this way and that. Go back to the path you truly trust; it doesn't matter if you are out of step, and following it you will not go wrong.
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 Cui.
Line position
A yin line in a yang place: it is not in its proper place. Its partner is the fourth line, which is its opposite, so the two answer each other.
First place: the beginning of the matter. Low position, little power. Begin carefully.
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 Cui (Gathering); when this line changes it becomes Sui (Following): hexagram 45 changing to 17.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Sui (Following)
Go with the times and follow the right people, and you won't go wrong.