Hexagram 7 line 2: The Army, yang in the second place

What changes when line 2 moves

Line 2 of Hexagram 7 is yang, a solid line. When it is cast as old yang (a 9) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 2, The Receptive: The power of receiving, supporting and carrying through: strength that follows rather than leads.

Read together, the reading moves from The Army toward The Receptive. Organised collective effort under a capable, principled leader: discipline turns a crowd into a force. Six broken lines, earth above earth. Where the Creative initiates, the Receptive completes. 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 7 changing to 2 →

Line 2 in context

Love & relationships

Lead from among the people you lead. In love and relationships, Hexagram 7 reads: A relationship or family under strain that needs structure and a shared purpose. Someone has to take responsible charge, with the consent of the others. Order given kindly holds; order imposed does not.

Career

Lead from among the people you lead. In career, Hexagram 7 reads: Team leadership, a campaign, a large coordinated effort. The reading favours the experienced leader and the disciplined team, and warns against putting the wrong person in charge to keep the peace.

Money

Lead from among the people you lead. In money, Hexagram 7 reads: Resources held in reserve and deployed in an organised way. Not the moment for scattered spending. A clear plan, executed with discipline, is what the reading supports.

A decision

Lead from among the people you lead. In decisions, Hexagram 7 reads: Decide as a commander: who leads, what the objective is, what order is needed. If the cause is not worth the discipline it requires, the reading says not to march.