Hexagram 50 · line 5
The Cauldron
鼎Dǐng
The cauldron has yellow handles and a metal carrying bar. Constancy is beneficial.
Line statement
六五
鼎黃耳金鉉，利貞。
The cauldron has yellow handles and a metal carrying bar. Constancy is beneficial.
Yellow handles and a strong carrying bar make the cauldron usable, while the verdict still calls for constancy. Changing Line 5 makes Heaven above Wind, Hexagram 44. The comparison places the equipment needed for service beside the theme of an encounter.
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: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 2; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes