Huan, six in the fourth placeHexagram 59, line 4 · Huan (Dispersion) · changing to 6
The line
In plain wordsBreak up your own small circle: great good fortune. Only by dissolving the small group can a great one be gathered, as large as a hill. This is not something ordinary people would think of.
The Image commentary on this line
渙其群，元吉；光大也。
"Dispersing one's group. Supreme good fortune": it is bright and great.
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
- Break up the small circles, including your own faction. Stop dividing people into yours and mine, and bring everyone together around the whole undertaking. Only by giving up the small group can you gather something big; few people would think of this step.
- Love
- Don't split the relationship into your side and my side, each rallying your own friends and family. Let go of these little camps, and the two of you can truly stand together. If you are single, step out of your old circle, and your world will open up.
- Money
- Don't guard only the small interests and private books of a few people. Let go of the little benefits shared out behind closed doors and give more people a stake; only together can something big be done. Give up the small, and you can gather the large.
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 Huan.
Line position
A yin line in a yin place: it is in its proper place. Its partner is the first line, which is also yin, so there is no answer from it.
Fourth place: next to the ruler, a place of caution. Serve those above with care.
When you get this line
If this is the only changing line in your cast (three inscribed sides, old yin), this line is your answer. The primary hexagram is Huan (Dispersion); when this line changes it becomes Song (Conflict): hexagram 59 changing to 6.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Song (Conflict)
There is a dispute, but fighting it to the end will do you no good.