Hexagram 10 line 6: Treading, yang in the sixth place

What changes when line 6 moves

Line 6 of Hexagram 10 is yang, a solid line. When it is cast as old yang (a 9) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 58, The Joyous: Two lakes joined: joy that is firm within and gentle without, and shared with friends in open conversation.

Read together, the reading moves from Treading toward The Joyous. Careful conduct in a delicate situation: treading on the tiger's tail, and not being bitten. Lake below, lake above: two lakes touching, each replenishing the other. The Joyous is the hexagram of gladness, and its structure explains the tradition's view of it: a firm line within, a yielding line without. The primary hexagram describes the situation; the changing line is the point of movement in it; the resulting hexagram is where that movement leads. Both hexagrams belong to the reading, and the changing line is the hinge between them.

Hexagram 10 changing to 58 →

Line 6 in context

Love & relationships

Review how you have behaved; the outcome follows from it. In love and relationships, Hexagram 10 reads: A delicate situation with someone whose reaction you cannot predict. Tact matters more than truth-telling for its own sake. Be kind, be careful, and do not test the tiger to see if it bites.

Career

Review how you have behaved; the outcome follows from it. In career, Hexagram 10 reads: You are dealing with a powerful person or a dangerous situation. The reading favours impeccable conduct: polite, correct, unhurried, never presumptuous. Know your place in the order and act from it.

Money

Review how you have behaved; the outcome follows from it. In money, Hexagram 10 reads: Proceed with care in a situation where a misstep is costly. Read the terms. Do not provoke a stronger party. Modest, correct dealings get through where clever ones get bitten.

A decision

Review how you have behaved; the outcome follows from it. In decisions, Hexagram 10 reads: Choose the option that lets you move carefully and correctly. If the decision requires you to step on the tiger, do it with full attention and good manners, not bravado.