What this change means
A lake on the mountain: three lines move, and the open Earth takes on a peak that holds water. Both judgments are weighed equally. 2 Passivity asks you to step back from initiative, to be guided, and to work patiently. The resulting hexagram, 31 Attraction, says good results come to the extent that you stay open and receptive, letting people come close who will support you and help generously, without self-interest. These fit almost perfectly. Your receptivity isn't passivity in the weak sense; it's what draws help toward you. So make room. Listen. Be the kind of presence that others feel at ease approaching. You don't have to chase support or prove anything. Openness that's real tends to attract the right people, and their help tends to come freely.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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.
- The judgment of 31 Attraction
You'll get good results to the extent that you stay open and receptive, which lets people come close who will support you and help you get there, generously and without self-interest.
Success. Constancy is favorable. Taking a wife brings good fortune.
- 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.
The trigrams
The way back
31 Attraction → 2 Passivitylines 3, 4, and 5
Other transformations of Passivity
- 11Well-Beinglines 1, 2, and 3
- 54A Subordinate Rolelines 1, 2, and 4
- 55Abundancelines 1, 3, and 4
- 32What Lastslines 2, 3, and 4
- 60Thriftlines 1, 2, and 5
- 63After the Endlines 1, 3, and 5
- 48Right Actionlines 2, 3, and 5
- 17Adaptinglines 1, 4, and 5
- 47Overwhelmedlines 2, 4, and 5
- 41Decreaselines 1, 2, and 6
- 22Good Mannerslines 1, 3, and 6
- 18Loss, Then Gainlines 2, 3, and 6
- 21Bitinglines 1, 4, and 6
- 64Transitionlines 2, 4, and 6
- 56The Travelerlines 3, 4, and 6
- 42Increaselines 1, 5, and 6
- 59Release from Obstacleslines 2, 5, and 6
- 53Gradual Progresslines 3, 5, and 6
- 12Declinelines 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.