Transformation · lines 2, 3, and 6

Gathering with Equals becomes Inner Peace

Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Two lakes join, feeding each other, as three lines move. The judgment of 13 Gathering with Equals describes meeting people of a similar nature, with trust and support strong enough to launch large projects. The judgment of 58 Inner Peace describes calm within that makes great things possible, and company with people whose energy matches yours that renews you. Weighed together, fellowship becomes a source of rest as well as work. Spend time with the people who replenish you. Share learning and practice with friends. Let the shared joy recharge the group, and draw strength from it for what comes next. The one thing to watch is drift: ease can slide into inertia if you lose sight of the goals that brought you together. Enjoy the calm, and keep the direction.

What to read, in order

Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.

  1. 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.

  2. The judgment of 58 Inner Peace

    You're in a time of calm and inner peace that lets you achieve great things. Spending time with people whose energy is like yours will nourish and recharge you to reach your aims. Still, don't lose sight of your goals, or you'll slide into inertia.

    Success. Constancy is favorable.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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

Below Fire Lake
Above Heaven Lake

The way back

58 Inner Peace → 13 Gathering with Equals
lines 2, 3, and 6

Other transformations of Gathering with Equals

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