Hexagram 38 · line 2

Opposition

睽Kuí

Meeting the lord in a narrow lane. No fault.

Line statement

九二

遇主于巷,无咎。

Meeting the lord in a narrow lane. No fault.

The meeting occurs in a narrow lane at Line 2. Changing that firm center to yielding makes Thunder below Fire and yields Hexagram 21.

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: responsive

Its counterpart is Line 5; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.

One line changes

Moving to 21 · Biting Through