What this change means
Water over water: the fifth and top lines move, and the mountain of 4 Immaturity dissolves into a second stream flowing over the first. The top line leads, and it asks for ownership: face what your past moves have produced, mend it, and use your strength as a shield, never as a weapon. The fifth line brings the softer side: there's good fortune in a child's openness, in admitting what you don't know and seeking advice. Responsibility and humility go together here.
The resulting hexagram, 29 Water, describes obstacles coming one after another, like a stream meeting stone after stone. You can get past them if you keep moving, but fear will leave you stuck. Watch for freezing when you realize how much you still have to learn. Own your errors, ask for help, and keep flowing. Each obstacle passed is one more lesson learned.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 29 Water
Just as a stream moves through obstacles and gets past them, following its course without stagnating, you're at a time when obstacles will come one after another, but you'll get past them if you can keep moving. Letting fear paralyze you will only leave you stuck.
There is sincere trust. Only the heart gets through. Going earns esteem.
The trigrams
The way back
29 Water → 4 Immaturitylines 5 and 6
Other transformations of Immaturity
- 27Nourishmentlines 1 and 2
- 26Great Achievementslines 1 and 3
- 52Abidinglines 2 and 3
- 38Oppositeslines 1 and 4
- 35Advancelines 2 and 4
- 50The Vessel of Nourishmentlines 3 and 4
- 61Inner Integritylines 1 and 5
- 20Observinglines 2 and 5
- 57Gentlenesslines 3 and 5
- 6Conflictlines 4 and 5
- 19Fleeting Successlines 1 and 6
- 2Passivitylines 2 and 6
- 46Going Uplines 3 and 6
- 40Clearing Obstacleslines 4 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.