Feng, nine at the beginningHexagram 55, line 1 · Feng (Abundance) · changing to 62
The line
In plain wordsYou meet the person who is your match. Though the two of you are equally strong, there is no blame. Go to him and you will be valued.
The Image commentary on this line
雖旬无咎，過旬災也。
"Though they are equals, no blame": to go beyond being equals brings calamity.
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
- You have met someone who is a good match for you, a boss, a partner or a client, with abilities equal to yours. Go to them and you will be valued; just don't try to get the better of them.
- Love
- You and the other person are evenly matched and get along well. Whether you have just met or are already together, you can move closer openly, and you will be cherished. It's fine that you are both strong; just don't compete or insist on having the upper hand.
- Money
- When you meet a partner whose strength matches yours and whose approach fits, you can go and propose working together. Stand as equals; don't try to take a bigger share or get the upper hand. Go past that point and trouble follows.
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 Feng.
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 Feng (Abundance); when this line changes it becomes Xiaoguo (Small Excess): hexagram 55 changing to 62.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Xiaoguo (Small Excess)
Small things can be done; do not touch the big ones. Better to stay a little low.