Transformation · lines 4 and 5
Activity becomes Great Achievements
What this change means
The fourth and fifth lines move, and Mountain replaces the upper Heaven: strength held and stored instead of spent. The fifth line leads: the dragon flies, your undertakings tend to go well, and help comes if you ask for it. The fourth adds the moment of choice, whether to leap or stay. With the fifth leading, the leap looks worthwhile. The resulting hexagram, 26 Great Achievements, confirms it: a good time to leave your comfort zone and attempt something beyond what you think you can do. Unusual actions are favored because you have the qualities they need. So decide to go forward, and go with backing. Ask the people who can help. Draw on what you've learned and stored up. The mountain holds great energy inside it; this reading suggests that energy is ready to be used well.
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 4 of 1 Activity
It's time to decide whether you want to keep moving forward or stop.
Perhaps it leaps in the abyss. 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 26 Great Achievements
It's a good moment to leave your comfort zone and take on new actions, beyond what you think you can do. Heaven favors unusual actions that will lead you to success, because you have the qualities needed.
Constancy is favorable. Not eating at home brings good fortune. It is favorable to cross the great river.
The trigrams
The way back
26 Great Achievements → 1 Activitylines 4 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
- 38Oppositeslines 3 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.