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Transformation · lines 2 and 4

Decline becomes Release from Obstacles

否 12 Decline 渙 59 Release from Obstacles
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Wind blows across Water as the second and fourth lines shift, and Decline opens onto 59 Release from Obstacles. The fourth line carries most of the weight: you hold a mandate, act without fault, and share the blessing with companions; integrity lets you come out of the situation well. The second line underpins it. Surrounded by adverse people, keep your strength inside rather than submitting to them. The resulting hexagram shows how the knot loosens. You can get free of what holds you back by acting sincerely and bringing opposites together around shared goals. The tension comes from selfishness, and the way through is humility, letting the current carry you instead of fighting it. So the obstacle isn't removed by force. Stay honest, stay firm inside, and look for what different people can agree on. Common aims scatter a stagnation that individual pride keeps in place.

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 12 Decline

    If you act genuinely and with inner integrity, you'll come out of any situation well and be rewarded.

    There is a mandate. No fault. Companions share in the blessing.

  2. 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.

  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. The judgment of 59 Release from Obstacles

    You can free yourself from the obstacles that hold you back if you're able to act sincerely and bring opposites together around shared goals. The tension has arisen because selfishness rules. To move forward, be humble and let the current carry you rather than going against it.

    Success. The king goes to his temple. It is favorable to cross the great river. Constancy is favorable.

The trigrams

Below Earth Water
Above Heaven Wind

The way back

59 Release from Obstacles → 12 Decline
lines 2 and 4

Other transformations of Decline

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