Transformation · lines 3 and 5
Gathering with Equals becomes Biting
What this change means
Thunder and lightning arrive as the third and fifth lines move. The fifth leads: big differences seem unbridgeable, but with patience and a willing heart, union comes back, first through tears, then through laughter. The third shows what stands in the way: hidden distrust, people concealing things from each other, an ambush that never lets anything rise. The resulting hexagram is 21 Biting, a time for firm action to remove an obstacle. Put together, this says the reunion you want may require you to bite through something first. If there's a concealed problem, a lie, or a broken agreement, name it and deal with it decisively, setting clear limits. Done with goodwill rather than vengeance, that firmness can clear the way for genuine reconciliation. Avoiding the issue would only leave the soldiers hidden in the grass.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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 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.
- 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 21 Biting
It's a time for firm, decisive action to overcome obstacles, even legal action if needed. Success is within reach if you act with energy and set limits. Don't be afraid: act.
Success. It is favorable to bring things to judgment.
The trigrams
The way back
21 Biting → 13 Gathering with Equalslines 3 and 5
Other transformations of Gathering with Equals
- 44Lack of Firmnesslines 1 and 2
- 12Declinelines 1 and 3
- 10Treading Carefullylines 2 and 3
- 53Gradual Progresslines 1 and 4
- 9Small Thingslines 2 and 4
- 42Increaselines 3 and 4
- 56The Travelerlines 1 and 5
- 14Wealthlines 2 and 5
- 22Good Mannerslines 4 and 5
- 31Attractionlines 1 and 6
- 43Overflowinglines 2 and 6
- 17Adaptinglines 3 and 6
- 63After the Endlines 4 and 6
- 55Abundancelines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.