Hexagram 26 line 6: Great Taming, yang in the sixth place

What changes when line 6 moves

Line 6 of Hexagram 26 is yang, a solid line. When it is cast as old yang (a 9) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 11, Peace: Heaven and earth in communion: a time of flourishing, when the small departs and the great arrives.

Read together, the reading moves from Great Taming toward Peace. Great power held and stored: strength restrained by something firm, gathering for a large task. Heaven below, earth above: the two principles moving toward each other and meeting. Peace is one of the most favourable hexagrams, describing a season when things that belong together are together, when the strong and the gentle cooperate, and when what is petty is on its way out. 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 11 →

Line 6 in context

Love & relationships

The preparation is done; act with the whole of what you have gathered. 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

The preparation is done; act with the whole of what you have gathered. 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

The preparation is done; act with the whole of what you have gathered. 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

The preparation is done; act with the whole of what you have gathered. 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.