Hexagram 35 · line 5

Progress

晉Jìn

Regret vanishes. Do not grieve over loss or gain. Going onward is favorable; nothing is without benefit.

Line statement

六五

悔亡。失得勿恤,往,吉,无不利。

Regret vanishes. Do not grieve over loss or gain. Going onward is favorable; nothing is without benefit.

Line 5 occupies the open center of Fire and releases concern over gain and loss. Filling that center makes Heaven above Earth and yields Hexagram 12, a figure of separation.

Computed position

How this place works

Trigram position
outer · center

Line 5 is the center of the outer trigram.

Polarity and place
yin in an odd place: not aligned

Its yin polarity does not match the traditional odd-place convention.

Correspondence
Line 2: same polarity

Its counterpart is Line 2; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.

One line changes

Moving to 12 · Stagnation