Hexagram 13 line 2: Fellowship, yin in the second place

What changes when line 2 moves

Line 2 of Hexagram 13 is yin, a broken line. When it is cast as old yin (a 6) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 1, The Creative: Pure creative energy: the strength to begin, and the discipline to keep beginning well.

Read together, the reading moves from Fellowship toward The Creative. Open fellowship in the open: union built on a shared purpose rather than a shared clique. Six unbroken lines, heaven above heaven. This is the hexagram of initiative in its purest form: the capacity to start, to lead, to bring something into being through sustained effort. 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 13 changing to 1 →

Line 2 in context

Love & relationships

If the fellowship has become a clique, open it again. In love and relationships, Hexagram 13 reads: Partnership founded on shared values and conducted openly. Secrets and private alliances, with friends or family, are the risk the hexagram names. Be together in the open and for the same reasons.

Career

If the fellowship has become a clique, open it again. In career, Hexagram 13 reads: A team, collaboration or public venture with a clear common goal. The reading supports it, and supports crossing the great water, meaning a large undertaking. Keep it transparent and keep factions out.

Money

If the fellowship has become a clique, open it again. In money, Hexagram 13 reads: Shared enterprise works when the purpose is shared and the terms are open. Beware of arrangements that benefit an inner circle at the expense of the whole; they break.

A decision

If the fellowship has become a clique, open it again. In decisions, Hexagram 13 reads: Decide with the group, in the open, for a purpose everyone can name. The option that requires a private deal or a hidden side is the one to reject.