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Transformation · lines 1, 2, 3, and 6

Decline becomes Overflowing

否 12 Decline 夬 43 Overflowing
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

The Lake rises up to Heaven as the bottom three lines and the top all move, and Decline becomes 43 Overflowing. The fourth and fifth lines of the new figure stay still, and they carry the counsel. The fourth warns that you want to push ahead at all costs when it isn't wise, and that refusing advice will bring trouble. The fifth says that keeping your integrity and not straying from your path, whoever you have to deal with, will resolve the difficulties that arise. The resulting hexagram describes pressure about to overflow, with situations that need to be brought into the open carefully and eased with generosity. So the release from stagnation comes with a risk of rushing. Slow down and listen to those who advise you. Stay on your path, speak carefully, and let fairness, not force, settle the tensions.

What to read, in order

Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.

  1. Line 4 of 43 Overflowing, which stays still

    You want to push ahead at all costs at a time when it isn't wise, and you refuse to listen to advice. That will lead you into trouble.

    Buttocks without skin; the walk falters. Leading the ram by a rope: regret vanishes. Hears words and does not believe them.

  2. Line 5 of 43 Overflowing, which stays still

    If you keep your integrity and don't stray from your path, whoever you have to deal with, you'll resolve the difficulties that come up.

    Purslane, pulled up with resolve. Walking the middle way: no fault.

  3. The judgment of 12 Decline

    You're surrounded by adverse people and situations. Avoid getting involved with those people, no matter what they offer you. Circumstances aren't good for acting or making decisions; it's time to withdraw to a safe place and wait for conditions to change. It's time to keep a low profile.

    Stagnation: these are not worthy people. The constancy of the noble person is not favorable. The great goes, the small comes.

  4. Line 1 of 12 Decline

    If you recognize the decline and withdraw in time, warning others about it, you'll succeed later on.

    The grass is pulled up, and its tangled roots come too, each with its clump. Constancy brings good fortune. Success.

  5. Line 2 of 12 Decline

    Even when adverse people and situations surround you, keeping your strength inside helps you get through this moment.

    Embracing and obeying. For the petty person, good fortune; for the great person, stagnation. Success.

  6. Line 3 of 12 Decline

    Little by little things will improve; it's a matter of waiting patiently for justice to be done.

    Embracing shame.

  7. Line 6 of 12 Decline

    After a period of stagnation comes a stage of growth, well-being and harmony.

    Stagnation is overturned. First stagnation, then joy.

  8. The judgment of 43 Overflowing

    It's a time of excessive buildup: some situations are about to get out of control and overwhelm you, both personally and in your relationships. You need to bring what's happening into the open, but without speaking about it directly; watch your words so you don't provoke reactions. It's a time to act generously to ease the tension that's there.

    It is proclaimed in the king's court. A sincere cry: there is danger. Word comes from one's own city. It is not favorable to take up arms. It is favorable to have somewhere to go.

The trigrams

Below Earth Heaven
Above Heaven Lake

The way back

43 Overflowing → 12 Decline
lines 1, 2, 3, and 6

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