What this change means
All six lines move, and the Earth turns entirely into Heaven. This hexagram has its own text for the case: when everything moves, what holds you up is constancy. Stay with it patiently over the long haul, and results come. The resulting hexagram, 1 Activity, shows what that constancy turns into: creative energy, new beginnings, flourishing, and the qualities you need to carry an undertaking through. It's the fullest reversal there is, from pure receptivity to pure initiative. Yet the way across isn't a sudden leap. The yielding qualities you've cultivated, patience, steadiness and endurance, are what make the new strength sound. So don't abandon them now. Keep going steadily, take up the initiative as it comes to you, and let long, patient effort become lasting achievement.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- All the lines move
When everything moves, what holds you up is constancy: keep at it patiently, over the long run, and the result will come.
Lasting constancy is favorable.
- The judgment of 2 Passivity
This is not the time to take the initiative to achieve things. It's better to let others guide you and to keep at your projects with patience.
Great success. The constancy of a mare is favorable. The noble person has somewhere to go: going ahead, they lose the way; following behind, they find someone to guide them. It is favorable to find friends in the southwest and to lose them in the northeast. Calm constancy brings good fortune.
- Line 1 of 2 Passivity
Things can decline without anyone noticing. It's time to take precautions so the decline doesn't become total.
Frost underfoot. Firm ice is on its way.
- Line 2 of 2 Passivity
Quietly, without a lot of fuss, you can succeed.
Straight, square, great. Without learning it, nothing that is not favorable.
- Line 3 of 2 Passivity
What you do with perseverance and without showing off will be appreciated and recognized.
Holding its brightness within; it can stay constant. If it serves in the king's affairs, no achievement of its own, but a good end.
- Line 4 of 2 Passivity
Staying away from the noise, out of sight, is the best way to get what you want.
A bag tied at the neck. No fault, no praise.
- Line 5 of 2 Passivity
Right now success depends on acting with reserve. Your light shines from within.
A yellow skirt. Great good fortune.
- Line 6 of 2 Passivity
It's not the time to lead; it's the time to follow. Trying to take a leading position now will bring retaliation on you that affects everyone.
Dragons fight in the open country. Their blood is dark and yellow.
- 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 trigrams
The way back
1 Activity → 2 Passivitylines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.