Ge, nine in the fifth placeHexagram 49, line 5 · Ge (Revolution) · changing to 55

The line

The Image commentary on this line

大人虎變，其文炳也。

"The great person changes like a tiger": his pattern is brilliant.

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.

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Asking about work, love or money

Work

You are in a position to make the call, and people already trust you, so make the change boldly and thoroughly, and let the new look be plain at a glance. You don't need to explain every step; once it is done, people will naturally follow.

Love

You can come before the other person completely renewed: drop your old bad habits, and do it clearly and visibly. The other person has long since seen that you mean it, so there is no need to keep making promises.

Money

If the way you manage money needs a big change, change it thoroughly in one go: cut the spending that should be cut, and put in place the rules that should be there. You have always been reliable, so talking money with others won't take much persuading.

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; it holds the center of its trigram. Its partner is the second line, which is its opposite, so the two answer each other.

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 Ge (Revolution); when this line changes it becomes Feng (Abundance): hexagram 49 changing to 55.

Which text to read with several changing lines →