What this change means
The fourth line is the only solid line in Passion, the source of its delight, and when it moves the Thunder falls quiet and becomes Earth. This line speaks of great gain and asks you not to doubt: friends gather around you like hair in a clasp. When you're passionate enough about what you do, help arrives without your asking. The resulting hexagram, 2 Passivity, shows the shape that help takes. It's not a time to seize the initiative but to let others guide you and to keep at your projects patiently. So the source of energy steps back and becomes receptive. Trust the people drawn to you and let them carry part of the load. Your role is to keep the flame alive, not to push every step. Support offered freely tends to work better than support demanded.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 4 of 16 Passion
When you're passionate and motivated enough about what you do, you don't need to ask anyone for help: help will come naturally.
The source of delight: great gain. Do not doubt. Friends gather like hair in a clasp.
- The judgment of 16 Passion
A time of passionate drive toward action. You can pass this passion on to others to gain their help, which lets you take on big projects with resolve and optimism. For these ventures to succeed and last, you can't look after only your own interests; you also need to keep in mind the needs of the people working with you.
It is favorable to install lords and set the army in motion.
- The judgment of 2 Passivity
This is not the time to take the initiative to achieve things. It's better to let others guide you and to keep at your projects with patience.
Great success. The constancy of a mare is favorable. The noble person has somewhere to go: going ahead, they lose the way; following behind, they find someone to guide them. It is favorable to find friends in the southwest and to lose them in the northeast. Calm constancy brings good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
2 Passivity → 16 Passionline 4
Other transformations of Passion
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.