What this change means
Heaven rises beneath the earth when the first and third lines move, and the troops of 7 The Army find themselves in a time of harmony. The third line leads with a caution: if you let the needed conditions lapse and grow slack in your task, things can go badly. The first line adds the starting rule, that any move needs a just cause and good order behind it.
The resulting hexagram, 11 Well-Being, opens onto a period of understanding and support, where people and situations that weren't good for you move away and better ones arrive. That's a generous horizon, but these two lines say it rests on your conduct. Good times tend to invite relaxation, and relaxation here is the risk. Keep your reasons clean and your effort steady. Then you can enjoy what's coming without undermining it along the way.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 3 of 7 The Army
If you don't keep up the conditions needed for success and you slacken in your task, there will be misfortune.
Perhaps the army hauls corpses on its carts. Misfortune.
- Line 1 of 7 The Army
There has to be a just cause for you to move in the direction you want.
The army sets out under discipline. Without good order: misfortune.
- The judgment of 7 The Army
Whatever your question, the favorable answer comes from acting with discipline and organization: face the situation head-on and speak clearly, say what you want, without trying to impose it.
The constancy of a seasoned leader brings good fortune. No fault.
- 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.
The trigrams
The way back
11 Well-Being → 7 The Armylines 1 and 3
Other transformations of The Army
- 24Coming Backlines 1 and 2
- 15Simplicitylines 2 and 3
- 54A Subordinate Rolelines 1 and 4
- 16Passionlines 2 and 4
- 32What Lastslines 3 and 4
- 60Thriftlines 1 and 5
- 8Unionlines 2 and 5
- 48Right Actionlines 3 and 5
- 47Overwhelmedlines 4 and 5
- 41Decreaselines 1 and 6
- 23The Falllines 2 and 6
- 18Loss, Then Gainlines 3 and 6
- 64Transitionlines 4 and 6
- 59Release from Obstacleslines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.