Transformation · lines 1, 2, 3, and 5

Immaturity becomes The Tribe

Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Wind rising from fire, warmth spreading through a home: four lines move, the first, second, third and fifth, leaving the fourth and top still. Those still lines of 37 The Tribe carry the reading. The fourth says that taking care of your tasks and looking out for everyone's benefit, without overspending or saving too hard, leads to success. The top line speaks of great power that can make you shine and succeed in shared undertakings.

For someone starting out in 4 Immaturity, this is a surprising promise. Your growth isn't only personal; it can become a strength for a whole group. The key is balance and care. Do your part well, think of the others, and keep a steady hand with resources. Watch for letting new confidence make you careless with shared things. Responsibility, carried well, is what turns potential into real influence.

What to read, in order

Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.

  1. Line 4 of 37 The Tribe, which stays still

    When you take care of your tasks and look out for everyone's benefit, without overdoing either spending or saving, you'll succeed.

    Enriches the house. Great good fortune.

  2. Line 6 of 37 The Tribe, which stays still

    You have great power that will make you shine and lead you to succeed in shared undertakings.

    There is sincere trust, commanding awe. In the end, good fortune.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Line 2 of 4 Immaturity

    It's time to cultivate yourself inwardly; then your worth will show on the outside.

    Embracing the ignorant: good fortune. Taking a wife: good fortune. The son can hold up the house.

  6. Line 3 of 4 Immaturity

    To get what you want, don't submit to strong personalities who belittle you.

    Do not take this woman: at the sight of a man of gold, she is no longer her own. Nothing is favorable.

  7. Line 5 of 4 Immaturity

    If you recognize your lack of knowledge in the area of your question and seek advice, you'll get good results.

    A child's ignorance. Good fortune.

  8. The judgment of 37 The Tribe

    Right relationships, with everyone in their proper place and fully carrying out their role, will move things forward and make success last. Your words need to match your actions so they come across as genuine.

    The constancy of the woman is favorable.

The trigrams

Below Water Fire
Above Mountain Wind

The way back

37 The Tribe → 4 Immaturity
lines 1, 2, 3, and 5

Other transformations of Immaturity

Make your own cast

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