What this change means
All three lower lines move, and the Heaven inside Well-Being becomes Earth: Earth doubled, the hexagram 2 Passivity. With three lines moving, the two judgments weigh equally. Well-Being speaks of a good season: harmony arrives, what wasn't good for you moves away, and support takes its place. The small goes, the great comes. 2 Passivity says how to live it. This isn't the time to take the initiative and push for results. Let others lead for now, and keep working on your projects with patience, yielding where yielding works. Put together, the reading suggests that the blessings of this time come through receptiveness rather than effort. The strength that was below has turned soft and open, like ground ready to hold whatever grows on it. Watch for the urge to steer everything. Accept the help that's offered, follow a good lead, and let your steadiness do the carrying.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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 judgment of 2 Passivity
This is not the time to take the initiative to achieve things. It's better to let others guide you and to keep at your projects with patience.
Great success. The constancy of a mare is favorable. The noble person has somewhere to go: going ahead, they lose the way; following behind, they find someone to guide them. It is favorable to find friends in the southwest and to lose them in the northeast. Calm constancy brings good fortune.
- Line 1 of 11 Well-Being
A season of flourishing: you surround yourself with like-minded people.
The grass is pulled up, and its tangled roots come too, each with its clump. Setting out brings good fortune.
- Line 2 of 11 Well-Being
It's favorable to take decisive action that gets you out of your comfort zone and to recognize the people around you. There's no need to push anyone away; it's enough to know each person's nature.
Embracing the untilled. Wading across the river; not forgetting the distant; leaving friends behind. So it is honored on the middle way.
- Line 3 of 11 Well-Being
There will be ups and downs. Don't despair: enjoy the calm moments and act with caution in the face of danger.
No plain without a slope, no going without return. Constancy in hardship: no fault. Do not grieve over its truth; in eating there is blessing.
The trigrams
The way back
2 Passivity → 11 Well-Beinglines 1, 2, and 3
Other transformations of Well-Being
- 62Success in Small Matterslines 1, 2, and 4
- 40Clearing Obstacleslines 1, 3, and 4
- 51Shocklines 2, 3, and 4
- 39Held Backlines 1, 2, and 5
- 29Waterlines 1, 3, and 5
- 3Initial Obstacleslines 2, 3, and 5
- 28Excesseslines 1, 4, and 5
- 49Renewallines 2, 4, and 5
- 58Inner Peacelines 3, 4, and 5
- 52Abidinglines 1, 2, and 6
- 4Immaturitylines 1, 3, and 6
- 27Nourishmentlines 2, 3, and 6
- 50The Vessel of Nourishmentlines 1, 4, and 6
- 30The Flamelines 2, 4, and 6
- 38Oppositeslines 3, 4, and 6
- 57Gentlenesslines 1, 5, and 6
- 37The Tribelines 2, 5, and 6
- 61Inner Integritylines 3, 5, and 6
- 1Activitylines 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.