Jie, six in the fourth placeHexagram 60, line 4 · Jie (Limitation) · changing to 58
The line
In plain wordsYou keep to your limits calmly, without feeling forced. Things go through.
The Image commentary on this line
安節之亨，承上道也。
The success of "limitation at peace": it accepts the way of the one above.
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 can keep to the rules, and keeping them doesn't wear you out; you follow the arrangements from above without feeling wronged. Carry on at this pace and things will go through.
- Love
- You keep a sense of measure in love without feeling that you are holding back: close when it is time to be close, giving space when space is needed. Restraint that sits this easily keeps things going smoothly.
- Money
- Living within your means is no hardship for you: you know how much to spend and how much to save, and it doesn't feel forced. Live like this, and money matters will naturally go through.
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 yin place: it is in its proper place. Its partner is the first line, which is its opposite, so the two answer each other.
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 Jie (Limitation); when this line changes it becomes Dui (Joy): hexagram 60 changing to 58.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Dui (Joy)
When people are amiable and enjoy each other's company, things go smoothly.