Hexagram 19 line 4: Approach, yin in the fourth place

What changes when line 4 moves

Line 4 of Hexagram 19 is yin, a broken line. When it is cast as old yin (a 6) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 54, The Marrying Maiden: Entering a relationship on unequal terms: a position with little standing, held well by tact and by knowing its limits.

Read together, the reading moves from Approach toward The Marrying Maiden. A favourable time approaching, and the reminder that it will pass: use it before the eighth month. Lake below, thunder above: the young daughter following the eldest son, joy in the wake of movement. The Marrying Maiden describes a relationship or a role entered from a position of weakness: the secondary partner, the junior, the one who joins an arrangement already formed. 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 54 →

Line 4 in context

Love & relationships

Bring able people close and give them real work. 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

Bring able people close and give them real work. 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

Bring able people close and give them real work. 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

Bring able people close and give them real work. 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.