Hexagram 6 line 5: Conflict, yang in the fifth place

What changes when line 5 moves

Line 5 of Hexagram 6 is yang, a solid line. When it is cast as old yang (a 9) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 64, Before Completion: The crossing almost made: every line out of place, the end in sight, and the last step the most dangerous.

Read together, the reading moves from Conflict toward Before Completion. A dispute you are sincere in but cannot win outright: meet halfway, and take advice before going further. Water below, fire above: fire rising and water sinking, the two not yet meeting. Every line is in the wrong place, the exact reverse of After Completion, and the book ends here, on the threshold. 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 6 changing to 64 →

Line 5 in context

Love & relationships

Take the dispute to a fair arbiter and accept the ruling. In love and relationships, Hexagram 6 reads: An argument in which both of you feel right. Winning it is not available. The reading asks you to stop before the point of no return, to bring in a fair outside view if you need one, and to look at how the disagreement began.

Career

Take the dispute to a fair arbiter and accept the ruling. In career, Hexagram 6 reads: A conflict with a colleague, client or employer. Do not escalate to the end. Document your position, stay sincere, seek a neutral arbiter, and settle at the halfway point where you can.

Money

Take the dispute to a fair arbiter and accept the ruling. In money, Hexagram 6 reads: A dispute over money, or a deal going sour. The reading warns against litigation to the finish and against new ventures while the dispute is open. Settle if you can; do not expand while you fight.

A decision

Take the dispute to a fair arbiter and accept the ruling. In decisions, Hexagram 6 reads: Do not decide in the heat of the conflict, and do not commit to anything large while it runs. The choice that lets you stop halfway with dignity is the better one.