Hexagram 19 line 1: Approach, yang in the first place

What changes when line 1 moves

Line 1 of Hexagram 19 is yang, a solid line. When it is cast as old yang (a 9) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 7, The Army: Organised collective effort under a capable, principled leader: discipline turns a crowd into a force.

Read together, the reading moves from Approach toward The Army. A favourable time approaching, and the reminder that it will pass: use it before the eighth month. Water below, earth above: a reservoir stored under the ground, strength held in reserve among ordinary people. The Army is about organisation for a serious purpose. 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 19 changing to 7 →

Line 1 in context

Love & relationships

Rise with your allies and mean it. In love and relationships, Hexagram 19 reads: Things are growing and the time to invest in them is now. Approach the other person with care and generosity. The reading's warning is that a good season is not permanent: use it to build what will last past it.

Career

Rise with your allies and mean it. In career, Hexagram 19 reads: Rising influence and opportunity. Engage fully, teach and protect the people you are responsible for, and secure the gains. The eighth month is a real deadline: what is not established by then may be lost.

Money

Rise with your allies and mean it. In money, Hexagram 19 reads: A growing phase. Invest, build and act while conditions favour it, and set aside for the turn. Do not assume the rise continues indefinitely.

A decision

Rise with your allies and mean it. In decisions, Hexagram 19 reads: Act now on the opportunity; delay wastes a favourable season. Choose the option that uses the rising conditions while they last and does not depend on them lasting.