鼎卦

Judgment（Original text）

元吉，亨。

Hexagram structure

Upper trigram

离（Fire） · Fire

Lower trigram

巽（Wind） · Wood

Mutual hexagram

夬 · 泽天夬

Reversed (zong)

革 · 泽火革

Opposite (cuo)

屯 · 水雷屯

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初六：鼎颠趾，利出否，得妾以其子，无咎。
2. Line 2九二：鼎有实，我仇有疾，不我能即，吉。
3. Line 3九三：鼎耳革，其行塞，雉膏不食，方雨亏悔，终吉。
4. Line 4九四：鼎折足，覆公餗，其形渥，凶。
5. Line 5六五：鼎黄耳金铉，利贞。
6. Line 6上九：鼎玉铉，大吉，无不利。