Hexagram 7, Shī (The Army): Line 3
师卦六三 · 地水师 · 中文版
六三:师或舆尸,凶。
The line (Legge)
The third SIX, divided, shows how the host may, possibly, have many inefficient leaders. There will be evil.
Small Image commentary
'The host with the possibility of its having many idle leaders:' - great will be its want of success.
象曰:师或舆尸,大无功也。
In plain words
The army may come back carting corpses: misfortune. The third line is weak, neither central nor correct, yet stands in an attacking position; its ability does not match its place, and a rash campaign can only fail. Another reading takes "carting corpses" as many people giving orders at once. The Small Image says there is no achievement at all.
Applying it to your situation
If you are about to take on something beyond your means without a single clear command, this line suggests not forcing it. Who actually makes the call here?
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, Shī changes into Hexagram 46 Shēng (Pushing Upward). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·师之升.
The hexagram
Hexagram 7 Shī (The Army). The Judgment: Shi indicates how, in the case which it supposes, with firmness and correctness, and (a leader of) age and experience, there will be good fortune and no error.
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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.