Hexagram 19 line 5: Approach, yin in the fifth place

What changes when line 5 moves

Line 5 of Hexagram 19 is yin, a broken line. When it is cast as old yin (a 6) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 60, Limitation: Water in a lake with a bank: limits that give form and save strength, provided they are not galling.

Read together, the reading moves from Approach toward Limitation. A favourable time approaching, and the reminder that it will pass: use it before the eighth month. Lake below, water above: a lake that holds only so much, and overflows past its limit. Limitation describes measure: the boundaries, rules and economies that give a life or an undertaking its shape. 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 60 →

Line 5 in context

Love & relationships

Delegate to the capable and trust them. 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

Delegate to the capable and trust them. 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

Delegate to the capable and trust them. 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

Delegate to the capable and trust them. 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.