Transformation · lines 4 and 5
Gathering with Equals becomes Good Manners
What this change means
The upper Heaven becomes Mountain over the Fire, as the fourth and fifth lines move. The fifth leads: what seemed like an unbridgeable divide gives way, with patience and goodwill, from cries to laughter. The fourth supports it: you could press your advantage from atop the wall, and you choose agreement instead, so trust can come back slowly. The resulting hexagram is 22 Good Manners, where kindness, courtesy and care in form bring good results. After a reconciliation, small gestures count. Thank people, keep your tone gentle, and observe the courtesies that might seem superficial at another time. This is a period for handling everyday matters well rather than launching great ventures, so let the restored bond settle through ordinary, gracious dealings before you ask it to carry anything heavy.
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 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.
- 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 22 Good Manners
It's a time to be kind and courteous and to use good manners with others if you want good results in what you undertake. What might seem superficial at another time leads you to success now. It's a time to handle everyday matters, not great undertakings.
Success. In small things, it is favorable to have somewhere to go.
The trigrams
The way back
22 Good Manners → 13 Gathering with Equalslines 4 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
- 21Bitinglines 3 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.