Hexagram 45 line 4: Gathering Together, yang in the fourth place

What changes when line 4 moves

Line 4 of Hexagram 45 is yang, a solid line. When it is cast as old yang (a 9) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 8, Holding Together: Union around a worthy centre: people come together, and the time to join is now rather than later.

Read together, the reading moves from Gathering Together toward Holding Together. The lake gathering on the earth: people assembling around a centre, with the resources to make the gathering matter. Earth below, water above: water gathering on the ground, flowing together. Holding Together describes union, the natural drawing-together of people around someone or something worth gathering around. 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 8 →

Line 4 in context

Love & relationships

Gather people for the cause, not for yourself, and it is greatly fortunate. 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

Gather people for the cause, not for yourself, and it is greatly fortunate. 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

Gather people for the cause, not for yourself, and it is greatly fortunate. 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

Gather people for the cause, not for yourself, and it is greatly fortunate. 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.