Hexagram 44 · line 2

Coming to Meet

姤Gòu

The wrapping contains a fish. No fault. It is not favorable to share it with guests.

Line statement

九二

包有魚,无咎,不利賓。

The wrapping contains a fish. No fault. It is not favorable to share it with guests.

At Line 2, the fish is contained close to the first yielding line. The traditional reading keeps that encounter from spreading to the other firm lines, figured as guests. Changing Line 2 makes Mountain below Heaven, Hexagram 33.

Computed position

How this place works

Trigram position
inner · center

Line 2 is the center of the inner trigram.

Polarity and place
yang in an even place: not aligned

Its yang polarity does not match the traditional even-place convention.

Correspondence
Line 5: same polarity

Its counterpart is Line 5; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.

One line changes

Moving to 33 · Retreat