Transformation · lines 3, 4, and 6
Gathering with Equals becomes Initial Obstacles
What this change means
Clouds and thunder fill the sky as three lines move, and a fellowship meets the tangle of a hard beginning. 13 Gathering with Equals speaks of people of similar nature joined by trust, ready for large and innovative work. 3 Initial Obstacles warns that this isn't the time to act directly: find people who can act on your behalf, allies who can represent you, while you stay alert for when to take the lead back. Held in balance, the community becomes your means of getting through. Delegate. Let trusted others go where you can't yet go yourself. Sort the tangled threads patiently, one by one, without forcing a premature start. Watch carefully, though, so that you notice when the confusion clears and it's your turn to step forward again.
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 3 Initial Obstacles
This isn't the time to act directly: look for people who can act for you, allies who represent you. Still, stay alert so you know when the time comes to take back the initiative and control.
Great success. Constancy is favorable. Having somewhere to go is of no use yet. It is favorable to install lords.
- 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 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
3 Initial Obstacles → 13 Gathering with Equalslines 3, 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
- 39Held Backlines 1, 4, and 6
- 5Inactionlines 2, 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.