What this change means
Fire above heaven: five lines move, and only the fifth keeps its yielding center. With everything else in motion, the reading rests on that one still line of the resulting hexagram, 14 Wealth. It says this is a time of wealth whose challenge isn't outside you but in falling into inertia or apathy; stay active and alert, and you'll succeed. That's an interesting turn for so receptive a hexagram. Plenty has come, perhaps as the fruit of long patience, and the danger now is settling into it too comfortably. Keep your character centered. Stay engaged. Cultivate good deeds and generosity, so what you have lasts and reaches others. The quiet strength that brought you here is still needed; don't let it slide into idleness.
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 14 Wealth, which stays still
It's a time of wealth whose challenges aren't outside you but in falling into inertia or apathy. If you stay active and alert, you'll succeed.
Its sincere trust is shared, and it has majesty. Good fortune.
- 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 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 14 Wealth
A time of abundance and prosperity, both inner and outer. It's important to keep your character centered and to cultivate good deeds and generosity, so that this wealth lasts and reaches others.
Great success.
The trigrams
The way back
14 Wealth → 2 Passivitylines 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6
Other transformations of Passivity
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.