Hexagram 40 line 5: Deliverance, yin in the fifth place

What changes when line 5 moves

Line 5 of Hexagram 40 is yin, a broken line. When it is cast as old yin (a 6) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 47, Oppression: A lake with no water: exhaustion, confinement, and the strength of character that carries a person through.

Read together, the reading moves from Deliverance toward Oppression. The storm breaks and the tension releases: act quickly on what needs doing, forgive the rest, and return to normal. Water below, lake above: the water has drained out of the lake, leaving it dry. Oppression describes exhaustion, the state of being hemmed in and drained, the tree in the enclosure. 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 40 changing to 47 →

Line 5 in context

Love & relationships

Withdraw from what is beneath you, in earnest; the rest follows your example. In love and relationships, Hexagram 40 reads: The tension has broken. Do what remains quickly and forgive what can be forgiven. Do not keep the argument alive after it is over. The reading favours a prompt return to ordinary warmth.

Career

Withdraw from what is beneath you, in earnest; the rest follows your example. In career, Hexagram 40 reads: The blockage has cleared. Act fast on the things that the clearing makes possible, then let the matter rest. Pardon errors made under pressure. Lingering over the crisis is the one thing that would restart it.

Money

Withdraw from what is beneath you, in earnest; the rest follows your example. In money, Hexagram 40 reads: Relief from a financial strain. Settle what needs settling quickly and return to normal management. Do not make dramatic moves in the euphoria of release.

A decision

Withdraw from what is beneath you, in earnest; the rest follows your example. In decisions, Hexagram 40 reads: If there is something to do, do it promptly; if not, return to ordinary life. The reading is against dwelling. Choose the option that closes the matter cleanly and forgives what it can.