I Ching, Yijing or Zhou Yi
"Oracle of the moon": © 2000 LiSe
When Kun changes into Li, the sun descends into the earth, it becomes dark. But Fire and Earth also mutually support each other, their relationship is harmonious, and the darkness will not last. Great difficulties will bring happiness if one can cope with this succession of dark and light, if one knows how to use both darkness and brightness, each in its own time.
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The middle line indicates the result. It is unchanging yin, this project will stay attractive, but also continue to absorb efforts, knowledge or resources, because its developing stage is not finished and not all possibilities have been explored. It still needs input and keeps doing so for the time being. It is too early to decide about a final direction, there will be no output yet.
But yin is the one who can bring about concrete results. Yin stays in the background and does the work. It is nurturing, defusing crises, monitoring the process, building up and rounding out.
This is the 'man' line, it can also be about you yourself, not only what you do.
Love for the work dissolves the effort.
Each line, active or at rest, summons one of the 8 trigrams as a Helper. For an activated line: telling you what you need - or about a problem area or something to avoid.
For a stationary line: this is what you already have or do or what you don't need. Often we just need a reminder of our abilities. Or it could be what you wish or fear - but will not happen.
Active lines are the helpers to change things. Stationary helpers are part of the core meaning, they are your soul talking. They reinforce the overall power of a reading.
Advice for the initiative: Gen, Mountain with his constancy, his ability to make things endure
Advice for the subject: Zhen, Thunder with his energy and stimulation and quick actions
Advice for the outcome: Kan, Water, with his direction and focus, his courage to take risks and his talent to give things shape, is lacking here or not needed. Yin remains Yin.
But when things are not satisfying, it might be that one or more helpers don't help enough - or try too hard. Or maybe you don't listen carefully enough.