Hexagram 53 Line 5: 九五
Position: Line 5 (Upper Trigram)九五 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: auspicious
Classical Chinese Text
九五 鴻漸于陵。婦三歲不孕。終莫之勝。吉。
鴻hóngthe wild geese
漸jiàngradually advance
于yúto
陵língthe foothills
婦fùthe wife
三sānis
歲suìyears
不bùwithout
孕yùnconceiving
終zhōngbut in the end
莫mònothing
之zhī^
勝shèngcan
吉jípromising
Line Commentary
The wild goose gradually draws near the summit. For three years the woman has no child. In the end nothing can hinder her. Good fortune. In a high position, one easily becomes isolated. You are misjudged by the very person on whom you depend. This is the work of deceitful persons who have wormed their way in. Relationships remain sterile; nothing is accomplished. But in further development, misunderstandings are cleared away, reconciliation achieved after all.
When This Line Changes
If Line 5 changes, Hexagram 53 Jian (Development) transforms into Hexagram 52 Gen (Keeping Still).
Parent Hexagram
Development
Jian漸 (53)
Wind (巽) over Mountain (艮)
Upper Trigram: ☴ Wind | Lower Trigram: ☶ Mountain