Hexagram 49 line 4: Revolution, yang in the fourth place

What changes when line 4 moves

Line 4 of Hexagram 49 is yang, a solid line. When it is cast as old yang (a 9) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 63, After Completion: Every line in its proper place: the crossing made, order achieved, and the only remaining task to keep it from decaying.

Read together, the reading moves from Revolution toward After Completion. The moulting of a skin: a necessary, well-timed change that is believed only once it is done. Fire below, water above: water over fire, a pot on a flame in perfect balance, as long as nothing shifts. Every line of After Completion is in its correct position, yang in the odd places and yin in the even. 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 63 →

Line 4 in context

Love & relationships

You are believed; make the fundamental change. 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

You are believed; make the fundamental change. 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

You are believed; make the fundamental change. 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

You are believed; make the fundamental change. 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.