Hexagram 38 for love and relationships: Opposition

Advice

Accept the divergence, keep your own ground without hostility, and work on small things until understanding returns.

Warning

Suspicion turns a difference into an enmity; the lines show how much is lost by reading an ally as an enemy.

The changing lines, read for love and relationships

If your cast of Hexagram 38 had changing lines, these are what each one adds to a love question, and where each leads.

1. Line 1 · changes into 64 Before Completion

   Remorse disappears. If you lose your horse, do not run after it; it will come back. If you see evil people, guard against mistakes. Do not chase what has drifted; it comes back. Be careful, not hostile, with those you distrust.

2. Line 2 · changes into 21 Biting Through

   One meets his lord in a narrow street. No blame. Take the informal chance to reconnect; the formal way is blocked.

3. Line 3 · changes into 14 Great Possession

   The wagon dragged back, the oxen halted, a man's hair and nose cut off. Not a good beginning, but a good end. It is bad now and it will end well; hold on to what is right.

4. Line 4 · changes into 41 Decrease

   Isolated through opposition, one meets a like-minded person with whom one can associate in good faith. Danger, but no blame. Find the one person you can trust and build on that good faith.

5. Line 5 · changes into 10 Treading

   Remorse disappears. The companion bites through the wrappings. If one goes to him, how could it be a mistake? The disguise has come off; go to your ally.

6. Line 6 · changes into 54 The Marrying Maiden

   Isolated through opposition, one sees one's companion as a pig covered with dirt, as a wagon full of devils. One draws the bow, then lays it aside. Not a robber but a suitor. Going, rain falls, and good fortune comes. The one approaching is not an enemy; lower the bow and the tension breaks.