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six lines

Line Grammar

A line shows not only yin or yang, but the age of the energy: young stability or old transformation.

7 - young yang

A strong line that holds action, but does not yet have to change form.

  • • act
  • • hold direction
  • • do not push

8 - young yin

A receptive line that holds place, conditions, and form.

  • • create conditions
  • • listen
  • • do not disappear

6 and 9 - old lines

Old lines change: yin becomes yang, yang becomes yin. This is the seam of the answer.

  • • 6: old yin changes into yang
  • • 9: old yang changes into yin
  • • multiple moving lines require an explicit reading school

Checklist

  • • Read the primary hexagram first.
  • • Then the lines.
  • • Then the resulting hexagram as direction.

Boundaries

  • • A line is not a standalone event guarantee.
  • • Five or six moving lines are a valid cast; the texts read are determined by a registered reading policy, not hidden site improvisation.

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