Transformation · lines 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6
Gathering with Equals becomes Going Up
What this change means
A tree begins to rise from inside the earth as five lines move. In 46 Going Up, the single still line carries the message: make the most of this rising time while it lasts, and work toward your goals. That's the core of what's being asked. The community's efforts have brought you to a moment when progress comes more easily than usual, as if the way were open ahead. Don't waste it on hesitation or second-guessing. Push your projects forward, ask important people for help if you need it, and keep working with dedication, since this rise grew from work done before. Openings like this don't stay open forever, so use the window while it's here, and let the progress you make lift the people who helped make it possible.
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 46 Going Up, which stays still
It's important to make the most of this time of rising while it lasts and to work toward your goals.
Ascends into an empty city.
- The judgment of 13 Gathering with Equals
It's a time of meetings with people of a high nature like yours, with whom you can carry out important tasks and projects. Relationships built on trust and mutual support take shape. Large, innovative projects are favored.
Community in the open country. Success. It is favorable to cross the great river. The constancy of the noble person is favorable.
- Line 1 of 13 Gathering with Equals
Shared projects should be carried out in the open, with nothing hidden.
Community at the gate. No fault.
- Line 2 of 13 Gathering with Equals
If you join with people who try to exclude others, the projects won't move forward.
Community within the clan. Distress.
- Line 4 of 13 Gathering with Equals
Despite the differences, if you reach agreements, trust will come back little by little.
Climbing up on the wall, yet unable to attack. Good fortune.
- Line 5 of 13 Gathering with Equals
The big differences seem impossible to bridge; still, with patience and a willing heart, union returns.
Community: first wailing and cries, then laughter. The great armies manage to meet.
- Line 6 of 13 Gathering with Equals
You're in a favorable position from which you can reach agreements with all kinds of people.
Community on the outskirts. No regret.
- The judgment of 46 Going Up
You're in a time of rising, and this rise is the fruit of work you've done with dedication. Seeking the help of an important person will bring great success; don't be afraid of that meeting, because everything is favorable now.
Great success. Seeing the great person is of use. Do not worry. Setting out southward brings good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
46 Going Up → 13 Gathering with Equalslines 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6
Other transformations of Gathering with Equals
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