Hexagram 42, Yì (Increase): Line 2
益卦六二 · 风雷益 · 中文版
六二：或益之，十朋之龟弗克违，永贞吉。王用享于帝，吉。
The line (Legge)
The second SIX, divided, shows parties adding to the stores of its subject ten pairs of tortoise shells whose oracles cannot be opposed. Let him persevere in being firm and correct, and there will be good fortune. Let the king, (having the virtues thus distinguished), employ them in presenting his offerings to God, and there will be good fortune.
Small Image commentary
'Parties add to his stores:' - they come from beyond (his immediate circle) to do so.
象曰：或益之，自外来也。
In plain words
Someone increases it: even a tortoise worth ten strings of cowries cannot oppose it; lasting steadfastness brings good fortune. The king makes offerings to the Lord on High: good fortune. The words echo the fifth line of Decrease. The second line is central and correct and humbly receives. The Small Image says the increase comes from outside.
Applying it to your situation
If good fortune comes from outside, this line suggests steadiness over time is how you keep it. Once you have it, how will you hold on to it?
Position
A broken (yin) line in the second place, which is a yin (even) place, so it is in its proper place. It holds the centre of the lower trigram. Its partner is line 5; one is yin and the other yang, so they respond to each other.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Yì changes into Hexagram 61 Zhōng Fú (Inner Truth). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·益之中孚.
The hexagram
Hexagram 42 Yì (Increase). The Judgment: Yi indicates that (in the state which it denotes) there will be advantage in every movement which shall be undertaken, that it will be advantageous (even) to cross the great stream.
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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.