Hexagram 49 line 2: Revolution, yin in the second place

What changes when line 2 moves

Line 2 of Hexagram 49 is yin, a broken line. When it is cast as old yin (a 6) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 43, Breakthrough: Five strong lines against one weak one at the top: the decisive, open resolution of a last remaining wrong.

Read together, the reading moves from Revolution toward Breakthrough. The moulting of a skin: a necessary, well-timed change that is believed only once it is done. Heaven below, lake above: a lake risen to the sky, about to burst. Breakthrough describes the moment when what has been building must break: a resolute declaration against a last inferior element, made openly and in the right way. 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 49 changing to 43 →

Line 2 in context

Love & relationships

The day has come; act. In love and relationships, Hexagram 49 reads: Something between you has to change fundamentally, not be patched. Prepare it, time it, and do it for reasons the other person will recognise afterwards even if they do not in advance. Do not revolt in a temper.

Career

The day has come; act. In career, Hexagram 49 reads: Radical change: a restructuring, a departure, a new direction that cannot be reached by adjustment. The reading supports it on conditions: the time must be ripe, the case must be sound, and you must be the right person to make it.

Money

The day has come; act. In money, Hexagram 49 reads: A fundamental change of approach rather than a tweak. Make it once, deliberately, after preparation; a revolution made twice loses everyone's trust. Expect to be believed only when the results show.

A decision

The day has come; act. In decisions, Hexagram 49 reads: The decision is for real change, and the reading asks three questions before you make it: is it necessary, is it timely, and are you the one to do it? If all three are yes, decide and do not look back.