Hexagram 24 line 6: Return, yin in the sixth place

What changes when line 6 moves

Line 6 of Hexagram 24 is yin, a broken line. When it is cast as old yin (a 6) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 27, Nourishment: What you feed, and what feeds you: attention to nourishment, of the body, the mind and others.

Read together, the reading moves from Return toward Nourishment. The turning point: light returns after the darkest day, and the beginning must be treated gently. Thunder below, mountain above: the hexagram's shape is an open mouth, two firm lines enclosing four yielding ones. Nourishment asks a simple question that runs in both directions: what are you taking in, and what are you giving out? The tradition's judgement says to pay attention to what you nourish and to what you seek to fill your mouth with, and the image adds care in words and moderation in food. 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 24 changing to 27 →

Line 6 in context

Love & relationships

If you have missed the turn, stop compounding it; do not attack. In love and relationships, Hexagram 24 reads: A return: of warmth, of contact, of someone, or of your own feeling. It is real and it is young. Do not test it with demands. Let the new beginning grow at its own pace and rest with it.

Career

If you have missed the turn, stop compounding it; do not attack. In career, Hexagram 24 reads: The low point has passed and a new cycle is beginning. Do not launch everything at once. Take the first small step, let the momentum build naturally, and rest while it does. The tradition closes the passes for a reason.

Money

If you have missed the turn, stop compounding it; do not attack. In money, Hexagram 24 reads: Recovery begins, small at first. Do not rush to make up losses; the return to strength follows its own timing. Reinvest gently and let the cycle carry you.

A decision

If you have missed the turn, stop compounding it; do not attack. In decisions, Hexagram 24 reads: Decide for the fresh start, and decide to make it gently. The reading favours returning to your own proper path over any dramatic new direction. Small first, and in season.