Transformation · lines 1 and 5
Activity becomes The Vessel of Nourishment
What this change means
Wind feeds Fire as the first and fifth lines move: the dragon in the sky and the dragon still in the deep. The fifth line leads. Your undertakings tend to go well, and support comes when you ask for it. The first line adds a note of timing: not everything is ready yet. The resulting hexagram, 50 The Vessel of Nourishment, reconciles them. Change is coming, and it tends to arrive naturally, the way food cooks, without great upheaval. Keep the flame lit; your enthusiasm is what carries you. Know your resources the way a cook knows the ingredients, and let the transformation happen at its own pace. So yes, ask for help and move forward with your project. Just don't pull the pot off the fire too early. What's good here comes from patience inside a clear plan.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 5 of 1 Activity
What you undertake brings good results, and help is there if you ask for it.
The dragon flies in the sky. It is favorable to see the great person.
- Line 1 of 1 Activity
It's not yet time to act.
A dragon under the water. Do not act.
- The judgment of 1 Activity
The creative principle. Activity. New beginnings, flourishing, and the qualities you need to carry any undertaking or project through to success.
Great success. Constancy is favorable.
- The judgment of 50 The Vessel of Nourishment
It's a time of change and adjustment, and it will happen naturally, without great upheaval, the way food cooks. Keep the flame lit: it's the enthusiasm that gives you the strength to keep going. And be clear about the resources you have, the way a cook chooses the ingredients. The change will come about little by little.
Great good fortune. Success.
The trigrams
The way back
50 The Vessel of Nourishment → 1 Activitylines 1 and 5
Other transformations of Activity
- 33Leaving Behindlines 1 and 2
- 6Conflictlines 1 and 3
- 25Innocencelines 2 and 3
- 57Gentlenesslines 1 and 4
- 37The Tribelines 2 and 4
- 61Inner Integritylines 3 and 4
- 30The Flamelines 2 and 5
- 38Oppositeslines 3 and 5
- 26Great Achievementslines 4 and 5
- 28Excesseslines 1 and 6
- 49Renewallines 2 and 6
- 58Inner Peacelines 3 and 6
- 5Inactionlines 4 and 6
- 34Great Manifestationlines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.