What this change means
When the third line moves, the water below turns to wind, and a tree begins to rise inside the earth. This line is the warning at the center of the reading. If you let the conditions for success slip and slacken in your task, misfortune follows; the old image is grim, with the army carrying its dead home on carts. Nothing here is lost yet, but the line asks you to notice where your effort has started to sag.
The resulting hexagram, 46 Going Up, describes a rise that comes from work done with dedication, and it says seeking the help of an important person can bring great success. That's the reward on the other side of the warning. Keep up the conditions that carry you forward, tighten what has gone loose, and the ascent can continue. Watch for coasting just as things begin to climb.
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.
- 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 46 Going Up
You're in a time of rising, and this rise is the fruit of work you've done with dedication. Seeking the help of an important person will bring great success; don't be afraid of that meeting, because everything is favorable now.
Great success. Seeing the great person is of use. Do not worry. Setting out southward brings good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
46 Going Up → 7 The Armyline 3
Other transformations of The Army
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.