Transformation · lines 3 and 5
Wealth becomes Treading Carefully
What this change means
The fifth and third lines move together, and the plenty of the starting figure is put on a narrow path. The fifth leads: the challenge is inside you, the pull toward inertia, and you succeed by staying active and alert, with sincere trust and natural dignity. The third warns that wealth used only for yourself brings loss, while generosity opens doors. As the lower Heaven becomes Lake, the result is 10 Treading Carefully: a delicate situation where how you conduct yourself determines whether others oppose you or ally with you. So your position may draw attention, and not all of it friendly. Move with awareness and gentleness. Don't flaunt or hoard. Let generosity soften potential rivals, and stay alert rather than complacent. Handled with tact, people who might stand in your way can step aside, and some may even become allies.
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 3 of 14 Wealth
Greed, or using wealth only for your own benefit, will bring difficulties and loss. Generosity opens new possibilities.
The prince makes offerings to the Son of Heaven. The petty person cannot.
- 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 10 Treading Carefully
You're facing a difficult situation. If you know how to conduct yourself properly, moving with awareness and gentleness, even people who could be rivals and stand in your way will give ground, and may even become your allies.
Stepping on the tiger's tail; it does not bite. Success.
The trigrams
The way back
10 Treading Carefully → 14 Wealthlines 3 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
- 44Lack of Firmnesslines 1 and 5
- 13Gathering with Equalslines 2 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.