Ge, nine in the third placeHexagram 49, line 3 · Ge (Revolution) · changing to 17
The line
In plain wordsRushing ahead brings misfortune; even if you are in the right, it is dangerous. The case for change has to be discussed over and over, three times, and hold up every time. Only then will people believe it, and only then can you change things.
The Image commentary on this line
革言三就，又何之矣。
"Talk of change has gone around three times": where else is there to go?
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
止Hold back. This text describes a bad outcome. Carry on as you are and you will lose by it. Stop, step aside or change your approach. Do not force it.
How to read good fortune, misfortune, regret, humiliation and no blame →
Asking about work, love or money
- Work
- Forcing the change through now brings misfortune; even if you are in the right, it is dangerous. Stop. Bring your plan out and talk it over again and again; only when it holds up every time and people believe in it is it your turn to act.
- Love
- Don't rush to push the other person to change or push the relationship to shift; even with reason on your side, the more you rush, the worse it gets. Stop. Lay out your thoughts and talk them through slowly; only after many talks, when the other person truly agrees, bring up change.
- Money
- Overturning the way you have always done things and moving all your money onto a new path in one go will not work now; forcing it will lead to trouble. Stop. Go over the accounts and the plan with your family or partners again and again, and wait until everything checks out.
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 top line, which is its opposite, so the two answer each other.
Third place: the top of the lower trigram, a place of risk. A moment of transition. Be on guard.
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 Sui (Following): hexagram 49 changing to 17.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Sui (Following)
Go with the times and follow the right people, and you won't go wrong.