Hexagram 35 line 2: Progress, yin in the second place

What changes when line 2 moves

Line 2 of Hexagram 35 is yin, a broken line. When it is cast as old yin (a 6) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 64, Before Completion: The crossing almost made: every line out of place, the end in sight, and the last step the most dangerous.

Read together, the reading moves from Progress toward Before Completion. The sun rising over the earth: rapid, easy progress, and a leader who is rewarded and received three times a day. Water below, fire above: fire rising and water sinking, the two not yet meeting. Every line is in the wrong place, the exact reverse of After Completion, and the book ends here, on the threshold. 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 35 changing to 64 →

Line 2 in context

Love & relationships

The block is real and so is the sorrow; persist, and gentle help arrives. In love and relationships, Hexagram 35 reads: Things are moving forward easily and being met with warmth. Enjoy the advance and keep your conduct clear. The lines warn against pressing on when the advance is not being received, and against advancing in the wrong spirit.

Career

The block is real and so is the sorrow; persist, and gentle help arrives. In career, Hexagram 35 reads: Rapid, recognised progress: the right superior, the open road, the rewards arriving. Advance confidently and keep your character bright; the reading ties the durability of the progress to the clarity of the person making it.

Money

The block is real and so is the sorrow; persist, and gentle help arrives. In money, Hexagram 35 reads: Gains come easily and are recognised. Advance, but do not chase; the reading supports progress that follows from real merit and warns against grasping for more than is being offered.

A decision

The block is real and so is the sorrow; persist, and gentle help arrives. In decisions, Hexagram 35 reads: Take the forward option. The conditions favour advance and the door is open. Make the decision in the spirit of someone whose conduct can bear being seen in full daylight.