Transformation · lines 1, 3, 5, and 6
Gathering with Equals becomes Passion
What this change means
Thunder bursts out of the earth as four lines move, and the gathering turns into eager momentum. In 16 Passion, the still lines frame the reading. The second says staying alert and reading the signs around you tells you when to advance and when to withdraw. The fourth says that when you're passionate and motivated enough, you don't need to ask for help; it comes naturally. So enthusiasm is your strength now, and it draws people in without effort. Let it. Yet keep your attention sharp. Passion that ignores signals can carry a group past the point where it should have stopped. Watch the timing, step back when the signs say so, and keep in mind the needs of those working alongside you.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 2 of 16 Passion, which stays still
Staying alert and reading the signs around you will let you know when to advance and when to withdraw.
Steady as stone. Not waiting for the day to end. Constancy brings good fortune.
- Line 4 of 16 Passion, which stays still
When you're passionate and motivated enough about what you do, you don't need to ask anyone for help: help will come naturally.
The source of delight: great gain. Do not doubt. Friends gather like hair in a clasp.
- 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 3 of 13 Gathering with Equals
If you let distrust grow in your relationships and let the people in them hide things from each other, your actions will fail.
Hiding soldiers in the brush, climbing the high hill. For three years, no rising.
- 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 16 Passion
A time of passionate drive toward action. You can pass this passion on to others to gain their help, which lets you take on big projects with resolve and optimism. For these ventures to succeed and last, you can't look after only your own interests; you also need to keep in mind the needs of the people working with you.
It is favorable to install lords and set the army in motion.
The trigrams
The way back
16 Passion → 13 Gathering with Equalslines 1, 3, 5, and 6
Other transformations of Gathering with Equals
- 59Release from Obstacleslines 1, 2, 3, and 4
- 64Transitionlines 1, 2, 3, and 5
- 18Loss, Then Gainlines 1, 2, 4, and 5
- 23The Falllines 1, 3, 4, and 5
- 41Decreaselines 2, 3, 4, and 5
- 47Overwhelmedlines 1, 2, 3, and 6
- 48Right Actionlines 1, 2, 4, and 6
- 8Unionlines 1, 3, 4, and 6
- 60Thriftlines 2, 3, 4, and 6
- 32What Lastslines 1, 2, 5, and 6
- 54A Subordinate Rolelines 2, 3, 5, and 6
- 15Simplicitylines 1, 4, 5, and 6
- 11Well-Beinglines 2, 4, 5, and 6
- 24Coming Backlines 3, 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.