What this change means
Under heaven the wind blows, touching everything, as the first and fifth lines move. The fifth line leads: in prosperity, the real danger is your own inertia or apathy, and staying active and alert, sincere and dignified, brings success. The first line warns from the early stage: have no dealings with what harms you, keep things simple, and stay aware of hardship. The resulting hexagram is 44 Lack of Firmness, which describes being near people or situations that aren't good for you while believing you can handle them. Read together, this is comfort letting the wrong influence in. When you relax too much, it's easy to take a bad habit or a questionable person lightly. Don't. Set clear limits, early and firmly. Stay alert to what's entering your life along with your good fortune, and keep the straight path simple and clean.
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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The judgment of 44 Lack of Firmness
You're surrounded by unsuitable people or situations. You know it, but you think you have the power to control them and don't take them very seriously; it may even be a bad habit. If you don't pay attention and set firm limits, they'll take control over you and you won't be able to pull away.
The woman is strong. Do not take her as a wife.
The trigrams
The way back
44 Lack of Firmness → 14 Wealthlines 1 and 5
Other transformations of Wealth
- 56The Travelerlines 1 and 2
- 64Transitionlines 1 and 3
- 21Bitinglines 2 and 3
- 18Loss, Then Gainlines 1 and 4
- 22Good Mannerslines 2 and 4
- 41Decreaselines 3 and 4
- 13Gathering with Equalslines 2 and 5
- 10Treading Carefullylines 3 and 5
- 9Small Thingslines 4 and 5
- 32What Lastslines 1 and 6
- 55Abundancelines 2 and 6
- 54A Subordinate Rolelines 3 and 6
- 11Well-Beinglines 4 and 6
- 43Overflowinglines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.