What this change means
Here the third line moves alone, turning the Heaven of Well-Being into a Lake beneath Earth, and the hexagram becomes 19 Fleeting Success. The line is the core: there's no flat ground without a slope, no going out without a return. Ups and downs will come. Don't let that discourage you; enjoy the calm stretches, take care when danger shows, and hold steady through the hard parts. There's blessing in the plain act of eating, the line says: simple goods still count. The resulting hexagram sharpens the point. A period of luck and well-being is arriving, and it's worth making the most of, because conditions are expected to change after a while. You can't stop the turn, but you can soften it by reading the signs and taking precautions before it arrives. Enjoy what's good now, and prepare quietly for the slope that follows the plain.
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 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 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 19 Fleeting Success
A period of luck, fortune and well-being is coming. Make the most of it, because it will last only eight months; after that, conditions will change. If you can pay attention, read the signs and take care and precautions before the decline arrives, you won't avoid it, but you will lessen its effects while circumstances change.
Great success. Constancy is favorable. When the eighth month comes, misfortune.
The trigrams
The way back
19 Fleeting Success → 11 Well-Beingline 3
Other transformations of Well-Being
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.