Transformation · lines 1, 3, and 4
Well-Being becomes Clearing Obstacles
What this change means
Thunder and rain break loose as three lines move, the first, third and fourth, and Well-Being becomes 40 Clearing Obstacles. With three moving lines, weigh the two judgments together. Well-Being is a season of harmony: the great arrives, the small leaves, and support takes the place of what wasn't good for you. 40 Clearing Obstacles adds that obstacles have been overcome one by one, and now balance matters. Act quickly and decisively as far as you're able, but don't overestimate your strength. If you need to rest, or even step back before going on, that's allowed. The image speaks of pardoning mistakes and being lenient with wrongs, and it fits a good time well: there's no need to settle every old score. Let tension release. Move where you can move cleanly, rest where you need to, and don't squander the calm by reopening fights that are already over.
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 40 Clearing Obstacles
The obstacles have been overcome one by one. You're in a time when balance matters: act quickly and decisively as far as you can, without overrating your abilities. If you feel you need a rest, or even to step back before going on, do it.
The southwest is favorable. With nowhere to go, coming back brings good fortune. With somewhere to go, going early 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 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.
- Line 4 of 11 Well-Being
Inner wealth lets you genuinely support people going through times of need. This will increase your well-being.
Fluttering. Not rich, with its neighbors. Not on guard, with sincere trust.
The trigrams
The way back
40 Clearing Obstacles → 11 Well-Beinglines 1, 3, and 4
Other transformations of Well-Being
- 2Passivitylines 1, 2, and 3
- 62Success in Small Matterslines 1, 2, 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.