Hexagram 19 line 6: Approach, yin in the sixth place

What changes when line 6 moves

Line 6 of Hexagram 19 is yin, a broken line. When it is cast as old yin (a 6) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 41, Decrease: Less at the base to strengthen the top: a season of reduction that is fortunate when done with sincerity.

Read together, the reading moves from Approach toward Decrease. A favourable time approaching, and the reminder that it will pass: use it before the eighth month. Lake below, mountain above: the lake at the foot of the mountain giving up its depth to the mountain's height. Decrease describes reduction: of resources, of expenditure, of passion, of what is below in order to serve what is above. 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 41 →

Line 6 in context

Love & relationships

If you are past the active stage, come back to help those who are in 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

If you are past the active stage, come back to help those who are in 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

If you are past the active stage, come back to help those who are in 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

If you are past the active stage, come back to help those who are in 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.