Hexagram 35 line 3: Progress, yin in the third place

What changes when line 3 moves

Line 3 of Hexagram 35 is yin, a broken line. When it is cast as old yin (a 6) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 56, The Wanderer: Fire on the mountain, passing on: the stranger in a strange place, who succeeds in small things by courtesy and reserve.

Read together, the reading moves from Progress toward The Wanderer. The sun rising over the earth: rapid, easy progress, and a leader who is rewarded and received three times a day. Mountain below, fire above: fire burning on a mountain, moving on as the grass is consumed, never staying. The Wanderer describes the condition of being away from home, without standing, dependent on the goodwill of strangers: a traveller, an outsider, someone whose position is temporary. 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 56 →

Line 3 in context

Love & relationships

You have everyone's support; move with them. 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

You have everyone's support; move with them. 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

You have everyone's support; move with them. 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

You have everyone's support; move with them. 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.