The Will Turned Back Toward What Was Approached

Six at the top is drawn when a querent has reached the furthest point of an approach and the question is what to do with the standing they have gained. The line answers with honesty and generosity, and promises both good fortune and freedom from error. Readings landing here rarely concern further advancement, since there is no position above this one; they concern the disposition of someone who has already arrived.

The commentary's note that the will is set on the inner trigram gives the counsel its direction. Whatever the querent has reached should now be turned back toward the people and commitments that carried them there, and generosity in this line is practical rather than sentimental: attention, access and open dealing extended downward to those still advancing. A yielding line correctly placed at the very top of Kun has capacity to give precisely because it holds nothing back.

The pairing of good fortune with no error is worth noting for how complete it is. Most top lines carry a warning about going too far, and this one carries none, because magnanimity is the single quality that cannot be overdone at the summit of an approach. The querent is told, in effect, that the safest use of arrival is to make it useful to somebody else.