Hexagram 53 line 6: Development, yang in the sixth place

What changes when line 6 moves

Line 6 of Hexagram 53 is yang, a solid line. When it is cast as old yang (a 9) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 39, Obstruction: Water on the mountain, a dangerous ravine ahead: the obstacle is real, and the way is to turn and seek help.

Read together, the reading moves from Development toward Obstruction. The wild goose flying stage by stage to its home: gradual, orderly progress that cannot be hurried. Mountain below, water above: a steep mountain with a treacherous stream at its top, an obstacle that cannot be walked through. Obstruction differs from Difficulty at the Beginning: this obstacle is outside you, in the terrain, and it is not passable by persistence alone. 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 53 changing to 39 →

Line 6 in context

Love & relationships

Your progress has become an example; that is its completion. In love and relationships, Hexagram 53 reads: The reading for a relationship developing properly, with its stages honoured: acquaintance, courtship, commitment, home. Do not rush a stage and do not skip one. The goose reaches the summit by landing on every ledge on the way.

Career

Your progress has become an example; that is its completion. In career, Hexagram 53 reads: Steady, staged advancement: the apprenticeship, the first responsibility, the recognition, the seniority. Each stage prepares the next. The reading warns against grabbing at a position two stages ahead; the goose that flies straight to the cloud heights has nowhere to land.

Money

Your progress has become an example; that is its completion. In money, Hexagram 53 reads: Gradual building. The reading supports the patient, staged plan and is against the leap. Each level of security is the foundation for the next; establish it before reaching higher.

A decision

Your progress has become an example; that is its completion. In decisions, Hexagram 53 reads: Choose the option that takes the next step, not the final one. The reading favours the sequence: what is the stage you are at, and what does it prepare? Decide for that.