Hexagram 17 · line 5

Following

隨Suí

Trust in what is excellent. Favorable.

Line statement

九五

孚于嘉,吉。

Trust in what is excellent. Favorable.

Trust in what is excellent occupies the firm center of the upper trigram, which changes from lake to thunder and forms Hexagram 51 when Line 5 yields.

Computed position

How this place works

Trigram position
outer · center

Line 5 is the center of the outer trigram.

Polarity and place
yang in an odd place: aligned

Its yang polarity matches the traditional odd-place convention.

Correspondence
Line 2: responsive

Its counterpart is Line 2; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.

One line changes

Moving to 51 · The Arousing (Thunder)