Transformation · lines 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Passivity becomes Gathering with Equals
What this change means
Heaven together with fire: five lines move, and only the second stays yielding at the center. The reading turns on that one unmoving line of the resulting hexagram, 13 Gathering with Equals. It says projects stall when you ally with people bent on shutting others out. That's the key caution in a favorable picture. This can be a time of meetings with people of your own caliber, relationships built on trust and mutual support, and room for large, innovative work. But a circle that closes itself off tends to stall. So be careful about cliques. Choose partners who welcome others rather than shutting them out. Keep the group open. Order things fairly and tell real differences from prejudice. Community that includes tends to go much further than community that guards its doors.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 2 of 13 Gathering with Equals, which stays still
If you join with people who try to exclude others, the projects won't move forward.
Community within the clan. Distress.
- 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 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 13 Gathering with Equals
It's a time of meetings with people of a high nature like yours, with whom you can carry out important tasks and projects. Relationships built on trust and mutual support take shape. Large, innovative projects are favored.
Community in the open country. Success. It is favorable to cross the great river. The constancy of the noble person is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
13 Gathering with Equals → 2 Passivitylines 1, 3, 4, 5, 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.