Hexagram 56, Lǚ (The Wanderer): Line 4
旅卦九四 · 火山旅 · 中文版
九四:旅于处,得其资斧,我心不快。
The line (Legge)
The fourth NINE, undivided, shows the traveller in a resting-place, having (also) the means of livelihood and the axe, (but still saying), 'I am not at ease in my mind.'
Small Image commentary
'The stranger is in a resting-place:' - but he has not got his proper position. 'He has the means of livelihood, and the axe:' - but his mind is not at ease.
象曰:旅于处,未得位也。得其资斧,心未快也。
In plain words
The traveller finds a place to stay and gains his means and an axe, but his heart is not glad. The axe may be a tool or a weapon for self-defence. The fourth line is yang in a yin place: it has gained something, but it is still living under another's roof. The Small Image says it has not found its proper place, and its heart is not yet glad.
Applying it to your situation
If you have gained something away from home yet feel unsettled, this line suggests the unease is reminding you to find where you belong. Where would you really like to settle?
Position
A solid (yang) line in the fourth place, which is a yin (even) place, so it is not in its proper place. Its partner is line 1; one is yin and the other yang, so they respond to each other.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Lǚ changes into Hexagram 52 Gèn (Keeping Still). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·旅之艮.
The hexagram
Hexagram 56 Lǚ (The Wanderer). The Judgment: Lu intimates that (in the condition which it denotes) there may be some little attainment and progress. If the stranger or traveller be firm and correct as he ought to be, 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.