Transformation · lines 1, 3, and 6

Immaturity becomes Well-Being

Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Heaven rises and earth descends until they meet: the first, third and top lines move, and 4 Immaturity opens into a time of harmony. Three lines in motion balance the two judgments. The first is honest about your position: in this area you're not yet mature, so ask for guidance, listen, and practice.

The resulting hexagram, 11 Well-Being, announces a period of harmony and understanding, as people and situations that didn't help you move away and supportive ones arrive. Joined, these describe a fortunate season for learning. The right teachers and allies can appear, and the atmosphere favors growth. Make use of it by staying humble and teachable rather than coasting. Watch for confusing good conditions with personal mastery. Let the blessings come, enjoy them, and keep learning while the climate is kind.

What to read, in order

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

  1. 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.

  2. The judgment of 11 Well-Being

    A period of well-being, harmony and understanding is coming, and you can enjoy it. People and situations that weren't good for you are moving away, and in their place come people and situations that bring blessings and support. Heaven grants its gifts.

    The small goes, the great comes. Good fortune. Success.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Line 6 of 4 Immaturity

    Accepting the consequences of your actions and correcting what's needed will help you right now.

    Striking the ignorant. Being a raider is not favorable; stopping the raider is favorable.

The trigrams

Below Water Heaven
Above Mountain Earth

The way back

11 Well-Being → 4 Immaturity
lines 1, 3, and 6

Other transformations of Immaturity

Make your own cast

The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.

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