Hexagram 45 line 2: Gathering Together, yin in the second place

What changes when line 2 moves

Line 2 of Hexagram 45 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 Gathering Together toward Oppression. The lake gathering on the earth: people assembling around a centre, with the resources to make the gathering matter. 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 45 changing to 47 →

Line 2 in context

Love & relationships

Let yourself be drawn in and bring what you honestly can, however small. In love and relationships, Hexagram 45 reads: Coming together, or bringing people together around the relationship: family, friends, community. The reading favours it, and asks each person to bring a real offering. It warns that gatherings produce the unexpected; be ready.

Career

Let yourself be drawn in and bring what you honestly can, however small. In career, Hexagram 45 reads: Building a team or a coalition around a sound centre. The reading supports it strongly and asks for two things: a leader worth following and a genuine contribution from everyone. Prepare for what a crowd stirs up.

Money

Let yourself be drawn in and bring what you honestly can, however small. In money, Hexagram 45 reads: Pooled resources, a fund, a shared venture. Favourable when the centre is trustworthy and the contributions real. Keep reserves for the unforeseen; gatherings have surprises.

A decision

Let yourself be drawn in and bring what you honestly can, however small. In decisions, Hexagram 45 reads: Decide to join or to convene, around a centre you have examined. Bring something to it. The reading supports assembly and asks for preparation against what it stirs.