58. Joy to 8. Holding Together

Changing lines

1. Line 1

   The first line, dynamic, shows the pleasure of inward harmony. There will be good fortune. Line one, dynamic in a dynamic place with no proper correlate above, is self-sufficient. He has as yet taken no action and there is therefore no cause for suspicion.

2. Line 2

   The second line, dynamic, shows the pleasure arising from inward stability. There will be good fortune. Occasion for repentance will disappear. The second line, by the rule of place, should be magnetic, but here is dynamic. Without a proper correlate above, and contiguous to the magnetic third line, he might be injuriously affected, and there would be cause for repentance. But the sincerity natural in his central position counteracts all this.

3. Line 4

   The fourth line, dynamic, shows its subject deliberating about what to seek his pleasure in, and not at rest. He borders on what would be injurious but there will be cause for joy. The bordering on what is injurious has reference to the contiguity of line four to the magnetic third line. That might have an injurious effect, but he reflects and deliberates before he will yield to the seduction of pleasure, and there is cause for joy.

The present judgment

Joy intimates that under its conditions there will be progress and attainment, but it will be advantageous to be firm and correct.

The later judgment

Holding Together indicates good fortune, but let the querent re-examine himself by divination whether his virtue is great, un-intermitting and firm. If so, there will be no error. Those who are ready will then join him, but those who delay will meet with misfortune.

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