Hexagram 46 line 6: Pushing Upward, yin in the sixth place

What changes when line 6 moves

Line 6 of Hexagram 46 is yin, a broken line. When it is cast as old yin (a 6) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 18, Work on What Has Been Spoiled: Repairing decay: something has been neglected, and the work is to set it right with care before and after.

Read together, the reading moves from Pushing Upward toward Work on What Has Been Spoiled. A tree growing up through the earth: steady, effortless ascent, one stage at a time, in the right direction. Wind below, mountain above: wind stopped at the foot of a mountain, air gone stale. The Chinese character shows worms in a bowl. 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 46 changing to 18 →

Line 6 in context

Love & relationships

If you are climbing in the dark, stop climbing and correct your course. In love and relationships, Hexagram 46 reads: Growing closer step by step, without forcing anything. The reading is warm and gradual: each small kindness builds on the last. Do not rush the ascent and do not fear it. The direction is right.

Career

If you are climbing in the dark, stop climbing and correct your course. In career, Hexagram 46 reads: Steady rise. Not a leap but a climb, each stage earned. Seek out the experienced person, do not be afraid to be ambitious, and keep going in the direction you have chosen. The reading is one of the most encouraging for effort.

Money

If you are climbing in the dark, stop climbing and correct your course. In money, Hexagram 46 reads: Accumulation toward something substantial. Small, consistent gains compound. The reading supports the patient strategy and the clear goal, and warns in its last line against pushing upward blindly past the point of sense.

A decision

If you are climbing in the dark, stop climbing and correct your course. In decisions, Hexagram 46 reads: Choose the option that builds gradually toward a clear, high goal. The reading favours ambition pursued patiently. Decide, then take the first small step, then the next.