What this change means
Both trigrams become Lake as the third and top lines move, two waters joined. The top line leads with a warning: pride may be your worst enemy right now. The third adds the restless worry that hangs on even when things are working. Those two can feed each other: anxiety that drives you to prove yourself, pride that won't admit the anxiety. The resulting hexagram, 58 Inner Peace, offers another way. Calm and inner peace can let you accomplish a great deal. Time with people whose energy is like yours tends to recharge you. Studying and practicing alongside friends helps. So ease off. Let go of the need to be the highest dragon, and let the worry be just worry. Keep your goals in view, though; peace that forgets its aims can slide into inertia.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 6 of 1 Activity
Pride may be your worst enemy right now.
A dragon that climbs too high. There is regret.
- 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 58 Inner Peace
You're in a time of calm and inner peace that lets you achieve great things. Spending time with people whose energy is like yours will nourish and recharge you to reach your aims. Still, don't lose sight of your goals, or you'll slide into inertia.
Success. Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
58 Inner Peace → 1 Activitylines 3 and 6
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
- 38Oppositeslines 3 and 5
- 26Great Achievementslines 4 and 5
- 28Excesseslines 1 and 6
- 49Renewallines 2 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.