7 - young yang
A strong line that holds action, but does not yet have to change form.
- • act
- • hold direction
- • do not push
six lines
Line Grammar
A line shows not only yin or yang, but the age of the energy: young stability or old transformation.
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
- • many changing lines signal an overloaded question
Checklist
- • Read the primary hexagram first.
- • Then the lines.
- • Then the resulting hexagram as direction.
Boundaries
- • A line is not a standalone event guarantee.
- • If five or six lines change, narrow the question.