Hexagram 19 line 3: Approach, yin in the third place

What changes when line 3 moves

Line 3 of Hexagram 19 is yin, a broken line. When it is cast as old yin (a 6) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 11, Peace: Heaven and earth in communion: a time of flourishing, when the small departs and the great arrives.

Read together, the reading moves from Approach toward Peace. A favourable time approaching, and the reminder that it will pass: use it before the eighth month. Heaven below, earth above: the two principles moving toward each other and meeting. Peace is one of the most favourable hexagrams, describing a season when things that belong together are together, when the strong and the gentle cooperate, and when what is petty is on its way out. 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 11 →

Line 3 in context

Love & relationships

If you have become complacent, notice it now; that alone repairs the fault. 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

If you have become complacent, notice it now; that alone repairs the fault. 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

If you have become complacent, notice it now; that alone repairs the fault. 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

If you have become complacent, notice it now; that alone repairs the fault. 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.