Sheng, nine in the second placeHexagram 46, line 2 · Sheng (Rising) · changing to 15

The line

The Image commentary on this line

九二之孚，有喜也。

The sincerity of nine in the second place: there is joy.

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.

• 利 favorable: a course of action that helps, under the stated condition
• 无咎 no blame: no fault attaches, often because a mistake is corrected in time

How to read good fortune, misfortune, regret, humiliation and no blame →

Asking about work, love or money

Work

Rising depends on honest effort, not on gifts or packaging. Do your job solidly and deal sincerely with those above you and with your colleagues; it doesn't matter if things are done on a small scale, and you will not go wrong.

Love

You don't need expensive gifts or a grand occasion to show how you feel; sincerity is enough. Be good to the other person in real, practical ways, and you will not go wrong; that in itself brings joy.

Money

For the money you spend on social obligations and occasions, there is no need for show: spend within your means, and the thought is what counts. Spend honestly and without extravagance, and 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 Sheng.

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 its opposite, so the two answer each other.

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 Sheng (Rising); when this line changes it becomes Qian (Humility): hexagram 46 changing to 15.

Which text to read with several changing lines →