Hexagram 16 line 6: Enthusiasm, yin in the sixth place

What changes when line 6 moves

Line 6 of Hexagram 16 is yin, a broken line. When it is cast as old yin (a 6) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 35, Progress: The sun rising over the earth: rapid, easy progress, and a leader who is rewarded and received three times a day.

Read together, the reading moves from Enthusiasm toward Progress. Thunder rising from the earth: energy that moves people when it moves with the grain of things. Earth below, fire above: the sun climbing above the land, light spreading. Progress is the hexagram of advance that meets no serious resistance, of the capable person recognised by an enlightened superior. 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 16 changing to 35 →

Line 6 in context

Love & relationships

If you have been carried away, change course now; it is not too late. In love and relationships, Hexagram 16 reads: Real energy and delight between you, and the pull to carry each other along. Enjoy it and keep it honest. The risk named is complacency: enthusiasm that stops noticing the other person and becomes a mood.

Career

If you have been carried away, change course now; it is not too late. In career, Hexagram 16 reads: Momentum. People are ready to follow and the moment favours action. Organise, appoint helpers, and move while the energy is high. Do not let the mood substitute for the plan.

Money

If you have been carried away, change course now; it is not too late. In money, Hexagram 16 reads: Enthusiasm is where money is lost as often as made. The reading supports action that follows a real trend, and warns sharply against being carried away by excitement into commitments you have not examined.

A decision

If you have been carried away, change course now; it is not too late. In decisions, Hexagram 16 reads: Act with the momentum, provided the direction is sound. Ask whether you are moving with the grain of the situation or merely with the feeling. If the former, go.