Transformation · lines 1, 2, 4, and 5
Wealth becomes Gradual Progress
What this change means
A tree grows slowly on a mountain: four lines move, and plenty becomes a steady climb. In 53 Gradual Progress, read the two still lines. The third warns that if you try to hurry things instead of letting them unfold at their own pace, your progress will fail. The top line says you're moving successfully toward your goal, that you can get what you want and may even inspire others. So the direction is good, and the only real risk is impatience. Don't force the next stage before the current one is secure. Let each gain settle before you build on it. Speed can look like ambition, yet here it tends to undo progress. Keep climbing one step at a time, and what you reach can stand as an example to others.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 3 of 53 Gradual Progress, which stays still
If you don't let things unfold at their own pace and try to hurry them, your progress will fail.
The wild goose moves by degrees to the high plain. The husband marches off and does not return; the wife conceives and does not give birth. Misfortune. It is favorable to fend off raiders.
- Line 6 of 53 Gradual Progress, which stays still
You're moving successfully toward your goal. You'll get what you want and may even inspire others.
The wild goose moves by degrees to the high plain. Its feathers can serve in the ritual dance. Good fortune.
- The judgment of 14 Wealth
A time of abundance and prosperity, both inner and outer. It's important to keep your character centered and to cultivate good deeds and generosity, so that this wealth lasts and reaches others.
Great success.
- Line 1 of 14 Wealth
It's the early stage of wealth, and obstacles may arise. If you stay on the straight path and act simply, you'll keep moving forward.
No dealings with what harms; not a fault. Mindful of hardship, no fault.
- Line 2 of 14 Wealth
Not only can you have wealth, you also have the capacity to enjoy it and to surround yourself with the right people to make it grow.
A great cart for carrying. There is somewhere to go. No fault.
- Line 4 of 14 Wealth
It's important not to let envy get the better of you: look at the wealth you have and be grateful for it.
It does not flaunt its abundance. No fault.
- Line 5 of 14 Wealth
It's a time of wealth whose challenges aren't outside you but in falling into inertia or apathy. If you stay active and alert, you'll succeed.
Its sincere trust is shared, and it has majesty. Good fortune.
- The judgment of 53 Gradual Progress
You'll make progress, and it will come step by step, gradually, through stages that make it lasting and stable. Trying to speed things up will bring delays and obstacles. Keep at it, one rung at a time.
The woman goes to be married: good fortune. Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
53 Gradual Progress → 14 Wealthlines 1, 2, 4, and 5
Other transformations of Wealth
- 23The Falllines 1, 2, 3, and 4
- 12Declinelines 1, 2, 3, and 5
- 59Release from Obstacleslines 1, 3, 4, and 5
- 42Increaselines 2, 3, 4, and 5
- 16Passionlines 1, 2, 3, and 6
- 15Simplicitylines 1, 2, 4, and 6
- 7The Armylines 1, 3, 4, and 6
- 24Coming Backlines 2, 3, 4, and 6
- 31Attractionlines 1, 2, 5, and 6
- 47Overwhelmedlines 1, 3, 5, and 6
- 17Adaptinglines 2, 3, 5, and 6
- 48Right Actionlines 1, 4, 5, and 6
- 63After the Endlines 2, 4, 5, and 6
- 60Thriftlines 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.