Transformation · lines 3 and 5
Treading Carefully becomes Wealth
What this change means
Fire blazes above heaven as the third and fifth lines move, and two kinds of boldness meet. The fifth leads: a resolute step, taken with full awareness of the danger and with caution, brings success. The third is the warning: overestimating yourself, like the lame who think they can walk, leads you into tasks you aren't ready for, and the tiger bites. The difference between them is self-knowledge. The resulting hexagram, 14 Wealth, describes abundance, inner and outer, and asks you to keep your character centered and practice generosity so the wealth lasts and reaches others. So the opportunity here is large, and the risk is pride. Know exactly what you can carry. Move decisively where you're truly able and decline what you aren't. Prosperity that comes from honest self-assessment, and is shared, tends to stay; prosperity grabbed beyond your reach tends to bite back.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 5 of 10 Treading Carefully
If you're aware of the danger in going ahead and you act with caution, you'll succeed.
A resolute step. Constancy is in danger.
- Line 3 of 10 Treading Carefully
By overestimating your abilities, you may take on tasks you're not prepared for.
The one-eyed can see, the lame can walk. Stepping on the tiger's tail, and it bites. Misfortune. A warrior acts for the great prince.
- The judgment of 10 Treading Carefully
You're facing a difficult situation. If you know how to conduct yourself properly, moving with awareness and gentleness, even people who could be rivals and stand in your way will give ground, and may even become your allies.
Stepping on the tiger's tail; it does not bite. Success.
- The judgment of 14 Wealth
A time of abundance and prosperity, both inner and outer. It's important to keep your character centered and to cultivate good deeds and generosity, so that this wealth lasts and reaches others.
Great success.
The trigrams
The way back
14 Wealth → 10 Treading Carefullylines 3 and 5
Other transformations of Treading Carefully
- 12Declinelines 1 and 2
- 44Lack of Firmnesslines 1 and 3
- 13Gathering with Equalslines 2 and 3
- 59Release from Obstacleslines 1 and 4
- 42Increaselines 2 and 4
- 9Small Thingslines 3 and 4
- 64Transitionlines 1 and 5
- 21Bitinglines 2 and 5
- 41Decreaselines 4 and 5
- 47Overwhelmedlines 1 and 6
- 17Adaptinglines 2 and 6
- 43Overflowinglines 3 and 6
- 60Thriftlines 4 and 6
- 54A Subordinate Rolelines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.