Hexagram 26 line 4: Great Taming, yin in the fourth place

What changes when line 4 moves

Line 4 of Hexagram 26 is yin, a broken line. When it is cast as old yin (a 6) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 14, Great Possession: Great possession held with modesty: abundance that lasts because its owner does not cling to it.

Read together, the reading moves from Great Taming toward Great Possession. Great power held and stored: strength restrained by something firm, gathering for a large task. Heaven below, fire above: the sun at its height, illuminating everything. Great Possession is a hexagram of abundance, and its subject is not how to get wealth but how to hold it. 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 14 →

Line 4 in context

Love & relationships

Discipline the strength while it is young and easy to guide. 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

Discipline the strength while it is young and easy to guide. 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

Discipline the strength while it is young and easy to guide. 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

Discipline the strength while it is young and easy to guide. 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.