Jing, nine in the fifth placeHexagram 48, line 5 · Jing (The Well) · changing to 46

The line

The Image commentary on this line

寒泉之食，中正也。

"Its cold spring water is drunk": it is central and correct.

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. The text gives no verdict, but the picture it paints is a hopeful one. Act the way it describes and there will be something to gain.

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

Asking about work, love or money

Work

Your abilities are now clear and pure and fit to be shown, and this is the time to put them to work and truly help others. Keep yourself clean and fair, and go ahead with confidence.

Love

Your heart is clear and full, and what you give truly nourishes the other person. You can give and draw close freely; as long as your feelings stay this clean, all is well.

Money

Your source of income is clear, clean and honestly come by; you can put it to use, and let it benefit the people around you too. As long as the accounts stay clean, use it with confidence.

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 Jing.

Line position

A yang line in a yang place: it is in its proper place; it holds the center of its trigram. Its partner is the second line, which is also yang, so there is no answer from it.

Fifth place: the center of the upper trigram, the ruler's seat, a place of achievement. This is where things are decided.

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 Jing (The Well); when this line changes it becomes Sheng (Rising): hexagram 48 changing to 46.

Which text to read with several changing lines →