What this change means
With the third and fifth lines moving, Lake gathers below and Fire flares above, two elements going separate ways. The fifth line leads: what you take on goes well, and help is available if you ask. The third adds the worry that keeps nagging even when things are working. The resulting hexagram, 38 Opposites, may explain the unease. The people around you are different from you, and yet you need to share with them. That limits what can be achieved for now to smaller things. Don't give in, though. Ask for help where it's offered, keep your own nature, and let others keep theirs. A shared project can hold people who don't think alike if no one is asked to become someone else. Your vigilance is useful here; just turn it toward understanding the differences rather than fearing them.
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 3 of 1 Activity
Things are working, yet you worry for no apparent reason.
The noble person strives and strives all day long, and at nightfall is still watchful. Danger. No fault.
- 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 38 Opposites
You're in a situation of opposition: the people around you are different from you, yet you need to share with them. This means that what you can achieve for now is small. Even so, don't give in. It matters that both you and they keep your own nature and contribute from there to a shared project.
In small matters, good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
38 Opposites → 1 Activitylines 3 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
- 50The Vessel of Nourishmentlines 1 and 5
- 30The Flamelines 2 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.