Hexagram 35 line 4: Progress, yang in the fourth place

What changes when line 4 moves

Line 4 of Hexagram 35 is yang, a solid line. When it is cast as old yang (a 9) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 23, Splitting Apart: A structure being stripped away from below: not a time to act, a time to endure and to give.

Read together, the reading moves from Progress toward Splitting Apart. The sun rising over the earth: rapid, easy progress, and a leader who is rewarded and received three times a day. Earth below, mountain above: a mountain resting on earth that is eroding beneath it. Five yin lines rise beneath one yang line at the top; the structure is collapsing from the bottom. 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 23 →

Line 4 in context

Love & relationships

Advancing by stealth will be seen; stop it now. 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

Advancing by stealth will be seen; stop it now. 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

Advancing by stealth will be seen; stop it now. 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

Advancing by stealth will be seen; stop it now. 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.