Hexagram 13 line 5: Fellowship, yang in the fifth place

What changes when line 5 moves

Line 5 of Hexagram 13 is yang, a solid line. When it is cast as old yang (a 9) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 30, The Clinging: Fire that burns by clinging to what feeds it: clarity, dependence and the care of a cow.

Read together, the reading moves from Fellowship toward The Clinging. Open fellowship in the open: union built on a shared purpose rather than a shared clique. Fire below, fire above: light doubled, the sun rising twice. The Clinging is the hexagram of clarity and of dependence: fire is bright, and fire exists only by holding onto what it burns. 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 30 →

Line 5 in context

Love & relationships

Persist through the separation; the meeting comes after the struggle. 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

Persist through the separation; the meeting comes after the struggle. 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

Persist through the separation; the meeting comes after the struggle. 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

Persist through the separation; the meeting comes after the struggle. 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.