Six Lines basics
Moving line (Dong Yao)
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Moving line (Dong Yao) — what is it? A Moving line appears while casting or taking a hexagram; at each moving position a changed line appears, and the hexagram gets a changed hexagram.
As a concept, a Moving line is a line that appears in the course of casting or taking a hexagram. At each moving position a changed line appears to match it, and a hexagram with moving lines gets a corresponding changed hexagram.
The changed hexagram
At each moving position, a Yang in the primary hexagram becomes a Yin in the changed hexagram, and the other way round. A moving line acts actively and directly on the other lines of the hexagram.
Example
Example: The Creative (Qian) moving at line 2, changing into Fellowship (Tong Ren):
| Parents | Xu Earth | Self | ||||
| Siblings | Shen Metal | |||||
| Officer line | Wu Fire | |||||
| Parents | Chen Earth | Resp. | ||||
| Wealth | Yin Wood | ○ | Parents · Chou Earth | |||
| Offspring | Zi Water |
Becomes:
| Offspring | Xu Earth | Resp. | ||
| Wealth | Shen Metal | |||
| Siblings | Wu Fire | |||
| Officer line | Hai Water | Self | ||
| Offspring | Chou Earth | |||
| Parents | Mao Wood |
Several moving lines
A moving line acts directly on all the other lines; but if there are several moving lines, the moving lines interact with one another first, before acting on any other line of the hexagram, by the formula for several moving lines given in the Appendix.
See also
- Changed line — a changed line acts only on the moving line that produced it
- Hidden movement — a still Prosperous line set moving by a clash from the Day
- Single moving line, Several moving lines
- Casting a hexagram, Still hexagram