Transformation · lines 1, 4, and 6
Gathering with Equals becomes Held Back
What this change means
Water on the mountain: three lines move, and the open country of fellowship becomes a steep, blocked path. 13 Gathering with Equals affirms a bond with people of your kind, built on trust and favorable for large projects. 39 Held Back describes a road where each advance meets an obstacle, so you have to stop, step back, and look for support from like-minded people. Holding them in balance, your fellowship is the very resource this difficulty calls for. Don't try to force the passage alone. When you hit a wall, pause, and turn to the people who share your aims. Look also at yourself, since obstacles can show where you need to grow. One obstacle at a time, with others beside you, tends to be how this kind of road gets crossed.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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.
- The judgment of 39 Held Back
Every time you advance, something blocks you, forcing you to stop, step back, and look for help from like-minded people who give you their support. That way you'll get past the obstacles one by one until the final victory.
The southwest is favorable; the northeast is not. It is favorable to see the great person. Constancy brings good fortune.
- 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 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 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 trigrams
The way back
39 Held Back → 13 Gathering with Equalslines 1, 4, and 6
Other transformations of Gathering with Equals
- 6Conflictlines 1, 2, and 3
- 57Gentlenesslines 1, 2, and 4
- 20Observinglines 1, 3, and 4
- 61Inner Integritylines 2, 3, and 4
- 50The Vessel of Nourishmentlines 1, 2, and 5
- 35Advancelines 1, 3, and 5
- 38Oppositeslines 2, 3, and 5
- 52Abidinglines 1, 4, and 5
- 26Great Achievementslines 2, 4, and 5
- 27Nourishmentlines 3, 4, and 5
- 28Excesseslines 1, 2, and 6
- 45Meetinglines 1, 3, and 6
- 58Inner Peacelines 2, 3, and 6
- 5Inactionlines 2, 4, and 6
- 3Initial Obstacleslines 3, 4, and 6
- 62Success in Small Matterslines 1, 5, and 6
- 34Great Manifestationlines 2, 5, and 6
- 51Shocklines 3, 5, and 6
- 36Darknesslines 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.