What this change means
The first line moves, and the water at the base of 4 Immaturity becomes a lake: the spring that was running blind now pools at the foot of the mountain. This line is about the start of learning. Help is coming to you, but receiving it isn't enough; you have to put what you're told into practice. Choose guides who ask a lot of you without trying to dominate you. The old image speaks of discipline used to wake someone up, and of loosening the shackles, too; pressing on with harshness alone brings distress.
The resulting hexagram, 41 Decrease, adds a frame of moderation. Conserve your energy and resources, avoid excess, and prepare quietly, since a period of growth tends to follow. Watch for collecting advice without using it. Take less, apply more, and let a demanding but fair teacher shape your next steps.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 1 of 4 Immaturity
You'll receive help, but you have to apply what you're told. Choose guides who demand a lot of you without being domineering.
To wake the ignorant, it is favorable to use punishment and to take off the shackles. Going on this way: distress.
- The judgment of 4 Immaturity
Be aware that you don't yet have the maturity you need to reach what you're after in the area of your question. Act with humility: ask for guidance, seek advice and counsel, and put what you're told into practice.
Success. I do not go looking for the ignorant youth; the ignorant youth comes looking for me. The first time the oracle is asked, I answer. A second and a third asking is an offense, and an offense gets no answer. Constancy is favorable.
- The judgment of 41 Decrease
It's a time for moderation and saving: conserving your resources and energy matters a great deal now. A period of growth will follow, but for now you need to stay aware and avoid excess of every kind while you get ready to take on big projects.
There is sincere trust. Great good fortune. No fault. Constancy is possible. It is favorable to have somewhere to go. What to offer? Two bowls will do for the offering.
The trigrams
The way back
41 Decrease → 4 Immaturityline 1
Other transformations of Immaturity
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.