Hexagram 26 line 3: Great Taming, yang in the third place

What changes when line 3 moves

Line 3 of Hexagram 26 is yang, a solid line. When it is cast as old yang (a 9) 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 Great Taming toward Decrease. Great power held and stored: strength restrained by something firm, gathering for a large task. 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 26 changing to 41 →

Line 3 in context

Love & relationships

Move with your allies, practise the skill every day, keep a destination. In love and relationships, Hexagram 26 reads: Strong feeling, held with discipline. The restraint is right for now and it is building something. The reading supports commitment to a substantial relationship and warns against wasting the accumulated strength on impulse.

Career

Move with your allies, practise the skill every day, keep a destination. In career, Hexagram 26 reads: Real capability stored and about to be used. The reading favours the large undertaking and public responsibility. Prepare thoroughly; the restraint you feel is the mountain doing its work.

Money

Move with your allies, practise the skill every day, keep a destination. In money, Hexagram 26 reads: Accumulation: saving, building reserves, restraining spending so that a large investment becomes possible. The reading supports the big move once the store is sufficient, not before.

A decision

Move with your allies, practise the skill every day, keep a destination. In decisions, Hexagram 26 reads: Decide for the substantial, well-prepared option. The reading supports crossing the great water. Ask whether the strength has been gathered; if it has, go.