Hexagram 30, Lí (The Clinging Fire): Line 5
离卦六五 · 离为火 · 中文版
六五：出涕沱若，戚嗟若，吉。
The line (Legge)
The fifth SIX, divided, shows its subject as one with tears flowing in torrents, and groaning in sorrow. There will be good fortune.
Small Image commentary
'The good fortune attached to the fifth SIX, divided),' is due to its occupying the place of a king or a prince.
象曰：六五之吉，离王公也。
In plain words
Tears pouring down, sighing in sorrow: good fortune. The fifth line is yielding in the place of honour, hemmed in by the strong fourth and top lines, and anxious; but it faces its fear and examines itself, and so it is fortunate. The Small Image says this is because it clings to the place of kings and lords.
Applying it to your situation
If you are under pressure and afraid, this line suggests that facing the fear honestly is itself a turning point. What is your worry trying to tell you?
Position
A broken (yin) line in the fifth place, which is a yang (odd) place, so it is not in its proper place. It holds the centre of the upper trigram. Its partner is line 2; both are yin, so they do not respond.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Lí changes into Hexagram 13 Tóng Rén (Fellowship). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·离之同人.
The hexagram
Hexagram 30 Lí (The Clinging Fire). The Judgment: Li indicates that, (in regard to what it denotes), it will be advantageous to be firm and correct, and that thus there will be free course and success. Let (its subject) also nourish (a docility like that of) the cow, and there will be good fortune.
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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.