Hexagram 19, Lín (Approach): Line 3
临卦六三 · 地泽临 · 中文版
六三:甘临,无攸利。既忧之,无咎。
The line (Legge)
The third SIX, divided, shows one well pleased (indeed) to advance, (but whose action) will be in no way advantageous. If he become anxious about it (however), there will be no error.
Small Image commentary
'He (shows himself) well pleased to advance:' - his position is not that appropriate to him. 'If he become anxious, however, about his action,' his error will not be continued.
象曰:甘临,位不当也。既忧之,咎不长也。
In plain words
Approaching with sweet words: nothing is gained. Once one worries about it and corrects it, there is no fault. The third line is weak, neither central nor correct, at the top of the lower trigram of joy, and deals with people by pleasing them. The Small Image says its position is improper, and once it worries, the fault will not last.
Applying it to your situation
If you are used to keeping relationships going by pleasing people, this line suggests it is not too late to change once you notice. What pleasant things have you said lately that you did not mean?
Position
A broken (yin) line in the third place, which is a yang (odd) place, so it is not in its proper place. Its partner is line 6; both are yin, so they do not respond.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Lín changes into Hexagram 11 Tài (Peace). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·临之泰.
A recorded case from Takashima
Lin to Tai: arrogance after a windfall: A friend asked about a merchant's fortunes and received the third line of Lin, "sweet approach; nothing is gained". Takashima described a crafty man who grows full of himself on success; the friend said the man had just made over ten thousand yen on a piece of marshland and become insufferably arrogant.
The hexagram
Hexagram 19 Lín (Approach). The Judgment: Lin (indicates that under the conditions supposed in it) there will be great progress and success, while it will be advantageous to be firmly correct. In the eighth month there will be evil.
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English text: James Legge, The Yi King (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16, 1882), public domain, as transcribed by the Chinese Text Project. Chinese: the received text. Offered for study and reflection, not as prediction. Plain-English readings and position notes by this site.