临卦

Judgment（Original text）

元亨利贞。至于八月有凶。

Hexagram structure

Upper trigram

坤（Earth） · Earth

Lower trigram

兑（Lake） · Metal

Mutual hexagram

复 · 地雷复

Reversed (zong)

观 · 风地观

Opposite (cuo)

遁 · 天山遁

How to read changing lines

When a cast produces moving lines (three of a kind with coins, or a moving line in Mei Hua time casting), classical rules set the priority. Following Zhu Xi's Yixue Qimeng:

• One line movesRead the moving line's text of this hexagram as primary
• Two lines moveRead both moving lines' texts, the upper one takes precedence
• Three lines moveCombine the Judgments of this hexagram and the changed one (ben as zhen, changed as hui)
• Four lines moveRead the two unmoved lines' texts of the changed hexagram, the lower takes precedence
• Five lines moveRead the single unmoved line's text of the changed hexagram
• Six lines moveQian and Kun use their special 'Yong' texts; other hexagrams read the changed hexagram's Judgment

The Line texts are listed in full below.

Lines（Original text）

1. Line 1初九：咸临，贞吉。
2. Line 2九二：咸临，吉无不利。
3. Line 3六三：甘临，无攸利。既忧之，无咎。
4. Line 4六四：至临，无咎。
5. Line 5六五：知临，大君之宜，吉。
6. Line 6上六：敦临，吉无咎。