Sheng, six at the topHexagram 46, line 6 · Sheng (Rising) · changing to 18
The line
In plain wordsYour head is clouded. All you know is to keep climbing, and you cannot stop. Turn that unstoppable drive toward staying true without ever ceasing; only then is it favorable.
The Image commentary on this line
冥升在上，消不富也。
"Rising in the dark" at the top: it wanes and does not grow rich.
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 have already risen as far as you can go, yet you are still set on climbing and can't stop. Turn that drive in another direction, into doing things right and improving yourself; only then does it do you good.
- Love
- You keep wanting more: more closeness, more certainty, more promises, and you can't stop. Pull that drive back and put it into treating the other person sincerely and steadily, all the time; that is what does you good.
- Money
- You only know how to charge upward; the more you earn, the more you want, and going on like this will only wear you down, not make you richer. Put your drive into keeping to the right path and building for the long term; that is what pays.
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 yin place: it is in its proper place. Its partner is the third line, which is its opposite, so the two answer each other.
Top place: the end of the matter. What reaches its limit turns. Know when to stop.
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 Gu (Repairing Decay): hexagram 46 changing to 18.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Gu (Repairing Decay)
Old problems that have piled up have reached the point where they must be dealt with.