Hexagram 43 line 3: Breakthrough, yang in the third place

What changes when line 3 moves

Line 3 of Hexagram 43 is yang, a solid line. When it is cast as old yang (a 9) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 58, The Joyous: Two lakes joined: joy that is firm within and gentle without, and shared with friends in open conversation.

Read together, the reading moves from Breakthrough toward The Joyous. Five strong lines against one weak one at the top: the decisive, open resolution of a last remaining wrong. Lake below, lake above: two lakes touching, each replenishing the other. The Joyous is the hexagram of gladness, and its structure explains the tradition's view of it: a firm line within, a yielding line without. 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 43 changing to 58 →

Line 3 in context

Love & relationships

Keep your resolve, keep it off your face, and accept being misjudged for a while. In love and relationships, Hexagram 43 reads: Something must be said plainly and finally. Say it openly and without violence, and expect it to be dangerous. The reading favours the clear declaration over both silence and force, and warns against being too sure of the outcome.

Career

Keep your resolve, keep it off your face, and accept being misjudged for a while. In career, Hexagram 43 reads: A decisive break with a last remaining problem, a person or a practice. Declare it in the open, through proper means, and do not underestimate the resistance. Share the gains of the resolution rather than keeping them.

Money

Keep your resolve, keep it off your face, and accept being misjudged for a while. In money, Hexagram 43 reads: The moment to resolve a lingering financial wrong, decisively and transparently. Not the moment to hoard the results. Distribute what the breakthrough frees.

A decision

Keep your resolve, keep it off your face, and accept being misjudged for a while. In decisions, Hexagram 43 reads: Decide, and decide openly. The reading supports the resolute option provided it is declared rather than forced, and it says to keep a destination in view. Half-measures now leave the last remnant to grow back.