Jie, six in the third placeHexagram 60, line 3 · Jie (Limitation) · changing to 5
The line
In plain wordsIf you know no restraint, afterward there is nothing left but sighing. This is your own doing; you cannot blame anyone else.
The Image commentary on this line
不節之嗟，又誰咎也。
The lamenting of "no limitation": who else is to blame?
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
平Neutral. Neither good nor bad. Do your part, correct mistakes, and nothing will go wrong.
How to read good fortune, misfortune, regret, humiliation and no blame →
Asking about work, love or money
- Work
- You turn no one away and agree to everything, and the work keeps piling up; in the end all you can do is sigh, and there is no one else to blame. Draw a line for yourself now, and stop saying yes to what you can't do.
- Love
- Saying too much, not holding your temper, giving without any measure: afterward there is only sighing, and you can't blame the other person. Find your sense of measure again while there is still time.
- Money
- Spend without restraint, buying whatever you want, and you will end up sighing over the bills, with no one to blame but yourself. Set yourself a limit starting now, and keep your hands in check.
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 Jie.
Line position
A yin line in a yang place: it is not in its proper place. Its partner is the top line, which is also yin, so there is no answer from it.
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 inscribed sides, old yin), this line is your answer. The primary hexagram is Jie (Limitation); when this line changes it becomes Xu (Waiting): hexagram 60 changing to 5.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Xu (Waiting)
The time has not come yet. Wait.