Sheng, six in the fifth placeHexagram 46, line 5 · Sheng (Rising) · changing to 48
The line
In plain wordsStay true: good fortune. Like climbing a staircase, one step at a time, you rise steadily.
The Image commentary on this line
貞吉升階，大得志也。
"Staying true brings good fortune. Rising by steps": 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
- You are already in a key position, and moving higher is as smooth as climbing stairs. Keep to the right path and go up one step at a time, without trying to skip any: good fortune.
- Love
- The relationship can rise steadily: from familiarity to trust, from dating to commitment, one step at a time. Keep your heart true and walk the right way, without rushing to leap ahead, and all is well.
- Money
- Build up bit by bit along the right path, making sure each step is solid before taking the next. Staying true brings good fortune: let every bit you earn be clean and honest, with no shortcuts.
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 yin line in a yang place: it is not 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 inscribed sides, old yin), this line is your answer. The primary hexagram is Sheng (Rising); when this line changes it becomes Jing (The Well): hexagram 46 changing to 48.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Jing (The Well)
The fundamental thing has not changed. The question is whether you are using it well, and using it all the way.