Transformation · lines 2, 4, 5, and 6
Gathering with Equals becomes Well-Being
What this change means
Heaven and earth meet as four lines move, and the fellowship opens into peace. In 11 Well-Being, look to the still lines. The first speaks of a flourishing season in which you surround yourself with like-minded people. The third says there will be ups and downs, so don't despair: enjoy the calm, and act carefully when danger appears. So this is a good time for the community: people who share your values gather around you, and things go well. Enjoy it. Keep your expectations realistic, though. Calm periods alternate with rough ones, and the group's strength shows in how it handles both. Savor the good days without assuming they'll last unbroken, and stay prudent when the weather turns. A community that knows how to rest in good times usually finds it easier to hold together in harder ones.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 1 of 11 Well-Being, which stays still
A season of flourishing: you surround yourself with like-minded people.
The grass is pulled up, and its tangled roots come too, each with its clump. Setting out brings good fortune.
- Line 3 of 11 Well-Being, which stays still
There will be ups and downs. Don't despair: enjoy the calm moments and act with caution in the face of danger.
No plain without a slope, no going without return. Constancy in hardship: no fault. Do not grieve over its truth; in eating there is blessing.
- 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 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 11 Well-Being
A period of well-being, harmony and understanding is coming, and you can enjoy it. People and situations that weren't good for you are moving away, and in their place come people and situations that bring blessings and support. Heaven grants its gifts.
The small goes, the great comes. Good fortune. Success.
The trigrams
The way back
11 Well-Being → 13 Gathering with Equalslines 2, 4, 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
- 16Passionlines 1, 3, 5, and 6
- 54A Subordinate Rolelines 2, 3, 5, and 6
- 15Simplicitylines 1, 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.