Ding, nine at the topHexagram 50, line 6 · Ding (The Cauldron) · changing to 32
The line
In plain wordsThe cauldron is fitted with a bar of jade. Hard, yet warm and smooth. Great good fortune; nothing that is not favorable.
The Image commentary on this line
玉鉉在上，剛柔節也。
The "jade carrying bar" at the top: the firm and the yielding are in due measure.
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
- The work has reached harvest time. You are firm where you should be firm and gentle where you should be gentle, with just the right measure, so everything goes smoothly. Go ahead and finish things off and help others succeed; just keep this balance of firm and gentle.
- Love
- You have principles and you are gentle, and being with you feels both safe and comfortable. Don't give ground on principle, and don't be hard in manner. Love and be with others this way, and nothing will fail to go well.
- Money
- With money you can go ahead with confidence; things generally go well. Hold your bottom line and be generous with people, neither harsh nor grasping for every last bit. Firm with a soft edge: the money comes in honestly, and people stay with you.
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 Ding.
Line position
A yang line in a yin place: it is not in its proper place. Its partner is the third line, which is also yang, so there is no answer from it.
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 backs, old yang), this line is your answer. The primary hexagram is Ding (The Cauldron); when this line changes it becomes Heng (Endurance): hexagram 50 changing to 32.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Heng (Endurance)
This one is won by lasting.