What this change means
The lake rises up to heaven as the fifth and top lines move. The top line is primary, a blessing that seems to come straight from the sky. The fifth adds the inner condition: in times of plenty, the threat is your own inertia, and success comes from staying alert, sincere and dignified. The resulting hexagram is 43 Overflowing, where accumulated tension is about to spill over, personally or in your relationships. Read together, even under heaven's favor, something has built up too far. Perhaps comfort let issues pile up unaddressed. Don't let them burst out on their own. Bring them into the open, but choose your words carefully so you don't provoke. Act generously to ease the pressure, spreading what you have to those below you rather than resting on your good fortune.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 6 of 14 Wealth
Heaven grants you blessings; everything is favorable right now.
Heaven itself protects it. Good fortune. Nothing that is not favorable.
- 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 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 43 Overflowing
It's a time of excessive buildup: some situations are about to get out of control and overwhelm you, both personally and in your relationships. You need to bring what's happening into the open, but without speaking about it directly; watch your words so you don't provoke reactions. It's a time to act generously to ease the tension that's there.
It is proclaimed in the king's court. A sincere cry: there is danger. Word comes from one's own city. It is not favorable to take up arms. It is favorable to have somewhere to go.
The trigrams
The way back
43 Overflowing → 14 Wealthlines 5 and 6
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
- 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
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.