Hexagram 29 line 6: The Abysmal, yin in the sixth place

What changes when line 6 moves

Line 6 of Hexagram 29 is yin, a broken line. When it is cast as old yin (a 6) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 59, Dispersion: Wind over water dissolving what has frozen: egotism, rigidity and division scattered, and people gathered again around what is sacred.

Read together, the reading moves from The Abysmal toward Dispersion. Danger repeated, as water in a ravine: the way through is sincerity, and going through rather than around. Water below, wind above: wind moving over water, breaking up the ice and scattering the mist. Dispersion describes the dissolving of what has hardened: selfishness that separates people, blockages in feeling, factions in a group. 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 29 changing to 59 →

Line 6 in context

Love & relationships

If you are here, the way out is long and begins with honesty; there is no shortcut. In love and relationships, Hexagram 29 reads: A hard stretch, and possibly a repeated one. The reading does not promise it ends soon. It says that sincerity, meaning saying what is true and staying, is what carries a relationship through the ravine. Avoiding the difficulty is what deepens it.

Career

If you are here, the way out is long and begins with honesty; there is no shortcut. In career, Hexagram 29 reads: Real difficulty, perhaps the same difficulty returning. Do not seek a way around it; work through it steadily and honestly, one hollow at a time. Consistency under pressure is what earns esteem here.

Money

If you are here, the way out is long and begins with honesty; there is no shortcut. In money, Hexagram 29 reads: Risk and constraint. Do not take on more; move through what is already there with discipline and truthfulness. The reading warns against clever escapes and rewards steady, honest handling.

A decision

If you are here, the way out is long and begins with honesty; there is no shortcut. In decisions, Hexagram 29 reads: Not a moment for the bold or the evasive option. Choose the one that goes straight through the difficulty with honesty and can be sustained. Expect to pass this way more than once.