Jing, six at the topHexagram 48, line 6 · Jing (The Well) · changing to 57
The line
In plain wordsThe water has been drawn up; do not cover the mouth of the well, let anyone come and take. The source is inexhaustible, flowing on and on: great good fortune.
The Image commentary on this line
元吉在上，大成也。
"Supreme good fortune" at the top: the great work is complete.
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
- Once the work is done, don't keep the credit and the know-how to yourself; share them generously so that anyone can use them. As long as your abilities have a true source, the more you give, the more you have: great good fortune.
- Love
- Your feelings have been drawn up, so stop hiding them and holding them back. Give openly, so the other person can reach them at any time; as long as your sincerity keeps flowing, this relationship has great good fortune.
- Money
- When you have results, don't keep them covered up for yourself alone; open them up and let more people benefit. The condition is that everything is genuine and your word holds; then there is great good fortune.
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 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 Jing (The Well); when this line changes it becomes Xun (The Gentle Wind): hexagram 48 changing to 57.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Xun (The Gentle Wind)
Enter gently, going with the current, and there will be a small gain.