Hexagram 18, Gǔ (Repairing the Spoiled): Line 5
蛊卦六五 · 山风蛊 · 中文版
六五：干父之蛊，用誉。
The line (Legge)
The fifth SIX, divided, shows (a son) dealing with the troubles caused by his father. He obtains the praise of using (the fit instrument for his work).
Small Image commentary
'He deals with the troubles caused by his father, and obtains praise:' - he is responded to (by the subject of line two) with all his virtue.
象曰：干父用誉，承以德也。
In plain words
Setting right what the father spoiled, and winning praise for it. The fifth line is yielding in the place of honour and employs worthy people like the second line, and so succeeds. The Small Image says it carries on through virtue.
Applying it to your situation
If you are changing something long established, this line suggests making good use of capable people. Who is the helper you can rely on most?
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; one is yin and the other yang, so they respond to each other.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Gǔ changes into Hexagram 57 Xùn (The Gentle Wind). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·蛊之巽.
The hexagram
Hexagram 18 Gǔ (Repairing the Spoiled). The Judgment: Gu indicates great progress and success (to him who deals properly with the condition represented by it). There will be advantage in (efforts like that of) crossing the great stream. (He should weigh well, however, the events of) three days before the turning point, and those (to be done) three days after it.
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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.