Hexagram 14 line 6: Great Possession, yang in the sixth place

What changes when line 6 moves

Line 6 of Hexagram 14 is yang, a solid line. When it is cast as old yang (a 9) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 34, Great Power: Strength in the ascendant: thunder in heaven, and the discipline to use power only in what is right.

Read together, the reading moves from Great Possession toward Great Power. Great possession held with modesty: abundance that lasts because its owner does not cling to it. Heaven below, thunder above: four strong lines rising, two yielding lines retreating above them. Great Power describes a time when strength is with you and growing, and the tradition's whole concern is what you do with it. 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 14 changing to 34 →

Line 6 in context

Love & relationships

Hold your fortune lightly and gratefully; everything supports you. In love and relationships, Hexagram 14 reads: You have something valuable. The reading is about keeping it: with modesty, openness and generosity rather than possessiveness. Do not cling; what is held lightly stays.

Career

Hold your fortune lightly and gratefully; everything supports you. In career, Hexagram 14 reads: Success and resources are at hand. Lead by clarity and by giving credit, not by dominance. The strong people around you support a modest centre; they leave a proud one.

Money

Hold your fortune lightly and gratefully; everything supports you. In money, Hexagram 14 reads: Real abundance, and the responsibility that goes with it. Manage it in the light: transparent accounts, sound stewardship, generosity where it is due. Wealth hoarded in the dark spoils.

A decision

Hold your fortune lightly and gratefully; everything supports you. In decisions, Hexagram 14 reads: Decide from a position of strength, and decide generously. The reading supports the option that shares the possession and clarifies things, and warns against the one that grasps.