Cui, six in the second placeHexagram 45, line 2 · Cui (Gathering) · changing to 47
The line
In plain wordsYou are drawn along by someone to the gathering: good fortune, no blame. As long as the heart is sincere, even a meager offering can be used for the sacrifice.
The Image commentary on this line
引吉无咎，中未變也。
"Being drawn in brings good fortune, no blame": the center has not changed.
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
- Someone is giving you a hand and bringing you into a team or a project; go along, and there is good fortune. There is no need to dress yourself up; being sincere and steady is enough. Stay the way you were.
- Love
- Someone is making an introduction, or the other person is drawing closer to you; follow where it leads, and there is good fortune. Sincerity matters most, and there is no need to put on a show; keep your heart as it was, and don't change yourself to please the other person.
- Money
- If someone reliable invites you into a venture, you can join, and there is good fortune. What you put in need not be much, as long as your sincerity is there; just don't let your principles change because you are following someone.
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 yin place: it is in its proper place; it holds the center of its trigram. Its partner is the fifth line, which is its opposite, so the two answer each other.
Second place: the center of the lower trigram, a place of praise. Stay centered and yielding.
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 Kun (Exhaustion): hexagram 45 changing to 47.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Kun (Exhaustion)
You are trapped, and right now no one believes anything you say.