Hexagram 42 line 3: Increase, yin in the third place

What changes when line 3 moves

Line 3 of Hexagram 42 is yin, a broken line. When it is cast as old yin (a 6) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 37, The Family: The household in order: roles, warmth and words with substance, from which everything larger is built.

Read together, the reading moves from Increase toward The Family. The top gives to the base and everything grows: a time of increase, to be used well and used now. Fire below, wind above: wind rising from fire, influence spreading outward from the hearth. The Family describes the structure of the household and, by extension, of any close group: each person in a fitting role, relationships held by affection and by rule together, and the whole kept in order from the inside. 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 37 →

Line 3 in context

Love & relationships

If a setback has enriched you, stay honest and accountable about it. 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

If a setback has enriched you, stay honest and accountable about it. 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

If a setback has enriched you, stay honest and accountable about it. 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

If a setback has enriched you, stay honest and accountable about it. 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.