Hexagram 30 line 2: The Clinging, yin in the second place

What changes when line 2 moves

Line 2 of Hexagram 30 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 The Clinging toward Great Possession. Fire that burns by clinging to what feeds it: clarity, dependence and the care of a cow. 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 30 changing to 14 →

Line 2 in context

Love & relationships

Keep your clarity moderate and steady; that is its highest form. In love and relationships, Hexagram 30 reads: Attachment is the theme, and the reading is not against it: fire must cling to something. Ask what you are clinging to and whether it can sustain you. Warmth that is steady and cared for lasts; passion that flares and consumes does not.

Career

Keep your clarity moderate and steady; that is its highest form. In career, Hexagram 30 reads: Clarity of thought and the ability to make things visible to others. Attach yourself to sound work and sound people. The reading warns against brilliance that burns through its own resources and against restlessness dressed as insight.

Money

Keep your clarity moderate and steady; that is its highest form. In money, Hexagram 30 reads: Be clear-eyed about what you depend on. Income that clings to a stable source lasts; a flare of gain that consumes its own fuel does not. Care for the cow: tend the steady thing.

A decision

Keep your clarity moderate and steady; that is its highest form. In decisions, Hexagram 30 reads: Decide with clarity, and choose the option that keeps you attached to something that can feed you. The bright, dramatic choice that has nothing to cling to burns out.