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Transformation · lines 1, 2, 4, and 5

Loss, Then Gain becomes Gathering with Equals

蠱 18 Loss, Then Gain 同人 13 Gathering with Equals
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Fire under heaven takes shape as four lines move, all but the third and sixth. Those two still lines of 13 Gathering with Equals carry the reading. The third warns that if distrust grows in your relationships, and people hide things from each other, your actions will fail. The sixth says you're in a favorable position to reach agreements with all kinds of people. After a hexagram about repair, this points to trust as the thing to rebuild. The resulting hexagram favors meetings with people like you, relationships of mutual support, and large, innovative projects. That can happen now, but secrecy undoes it. Bring hidden things into the open, speak frankly, and let others do the same. From an honest footing, you can find common ground with almost anyone. Without it, even good alliances crumble.

What to read, in order

Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.

  1. Line 3 of 13 Gathering with Equals, which stays still

    If you let distrust grow in your relationships and let the people in them hide things from each other, your actions will fail.

    Hiding soldiers in the brush, climbing the high hill. For three years, no rising.

  2. Line 6 of 13 Gathering with Equals, which stays still

    You're in a favorable position from which you can reach agreements with all kinds of people.

    Community on the outskirts. No regret.

  3. The judgment of 18 Loss, Then Gain

    You've made mistakes that have brought you into decline; still, admitting it and making the corrections needed will lead you back to success. Take time to reflect on what caused the loss and, once you've acted, give success time to arrive.

    Great success. It is favorable to cross the great river. Three days before the first day, three days after the first day.

  4. Line 1 of 18 Loss, Then Gain

    The loss came from being too rigid and wanting to do things the traditional way. If you can be flexible and innovate, you'll succeed.

    Setting right what the father spoiled. There is a son; the late father is left without fault. Danger; in the end, good fortune.

  5. Line 2 of 18 Loss, Then Gain

    Your losses come from weakness, from not persevering. Reflecting and taking up the path again with resolve will bring success.

    Setting right what the mother spoiled. Constancy will not do.

  6. Line 4 of 18 Loss, Then Gain

    If you show a weak character and keep letting stronger personalities lead you, you won't succeed.

    Indulging what the father spoiled. Going on: distress.

  7. Line 5 of 18 Loss, Then Gain

    If you're aware of your weaknesses and vulnerable spots and look for helpers to support you there, you'll gain success and recognition.

    Setting right what the father spoiled. It wins praise.

  8. The judgment of 13 Gathering with Equals

    It's a time of meetings with people of a high nature like yours, with whom you can carry out important tasks and projects. Relationships built on trust and mutual support take shape. Large, innovative projects are favored.

    Community in the open country. Success. It is favorable to cross the great river. The constancy of the noble person is favorable.

The trigrams

Below Wind Fire
Above Mountain Heaven

The way back

13 Gathering with Equals → 18 Loss, Then Gain
lines 1, 2, 4, and 5

Other transformations of Loss, Then Gain

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