Hexagram 42 line 2: Increase, yin in the second place

What changes when line 2 moves

Line 2 of Hexagram 42 is yin, a broken line. When it is cast as old yin (a 6) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 61, Inner Truth: Wind over the lake, an empty centre: sincerity so complete that it moves pigs and fishes, and crosses the great water.

Read together, the reading moves from Increase toward Inner Truth. The top gives to the base and everything grows: a time of increase, to be used well and used now. Lake below, wind above: wind moving the surface of the water, the influence of the invisible on the visible. The hexagram's shape has two yielding lines at its centre, an emptiness in the middle, which the tradition reads as a heart free of prejudice and open to truth. 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 42 changing to 61 →

Line 2 in context

Love & relationships

Stay open and constant; the blessing cannot be argued with. In love and relationships, Hexagram 42 reads: A time of growth and giving. Invest in the relationship generously; the conditions favour it and the giving comes back. The reading warns that increase is a season, and that taking without giving, at the end, leaves you alone.

Career

Stay open and constant; the blessing cannot be argued with. In career, Hexagram 42 reads: Expansion. The reading supports the ambitious project and the big crossing. Use the help coming from above, give it forward, and improve what can be improved while the wind is behind you.

Money

Stay open and constant; the blessing cannot be argued with. In money, Hexagram 42 reads: Growth, and the moment to act on it: invest, undertake, build. Use the increase for lasting good rather than display. The reading is favourable and time-limited; use it while it lasts.

A decision

Stay open and constant; the blessing cannot be argued with. In decisions, Hexagram 42 reads: Take the expansive option. The conditions support undertaking something substantial. Decide now; the reading says increase is a moment, and moments pass.