Transformation · line 2
Gathering with Equals becomes Activity
What this change means
The second line warns about a narrow circle. When community shrinks to the clan, to the people who already agree with you and want to keep others out, the shared work stalls and leaves a taste of distress. That's the heart of this movement. The lower Fire becomes Heaven, and the whole figure turns into 1 Activity: pure creative force, the kind that starts new things and carries them through. The two belong together. The energy for a fresh beginning is available, but it won't flow through a group that guards its door. If you notice yourself or your allies drawing lines around who belongs, widen the circle before you push forward. Invite the people who were left out, listen to those who see things differently, and let the project rest on breadth rather than loyalty to a faction. Then the strength of the moment has somewhere to go.
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 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.
- 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 1 Activity
The creative principle. Activity. New beginnings, flourishing, and the qualities you need to carry any undertaking or project through to success.
Great success. Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
1 Activity → 13 Gathering with Equalsline 2
Other transformations of Gathering with Equals
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.