Ge, nine at the beginningHexagram 49, line 1 · Ge (Revolution) · changing to 31
The line
In plain wordsTie it down tight with yellow ox hide. It may be a time of change, but you are only starting out and nobody is answering you, so you cannot make a move yet. What is needed now is to hold on with all your might.
The Image commentary on this line
鞏用黃牛，不可以有為也。
"Bound fast with the hide of a yellow ox": one cannot yet do anything.
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. The text gives no verdict, only an image. Ask what in your situation the image resembles. The answer is there.
How to read good fortune, misfortune, regret, humiliation and no blame →
Asking about work, love or money
- Work
- The old way really does need changing, but you are only starting out; your word carries little weight, and no one is backing you. Hold the idea in for now, keep to your own duties and do the work in front of you. If you don't move now, you won't go wrong.
- Love
- You want a big change in your love life, whether in the relationship or in yourself, but it is still too early. Hold that thought down firmly, go on with your life as usual, and don't lay everything on the table on an impulse.
- Money
- You want to switch to a new way of earning, and the idea may well be right, but you are just starting out, with neither the funds nor the help yet. Hold on to the job and the savings you have, and don't rush to move.
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 Ge.
Line position
A yang line in a yang place: it is in its proper place. Its partner is the fourth line, which is also yang, so there is no answer from it.
First place: the beginning of the matter. Low position, little power. Begin carefully.
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 Ge (Revolution); when this line changes it becomes Xian (Mutual Influence): hexagram 49 changing to 31.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Xian (Mutual Influence)
There is a response between you, a mutual liking. That is a good thing.