What this change means
Water settles on the earth as the first, second and fifth lines turn, and the starting lake disappears below. With three lines moving, the judgments of both hexagrams weigh the same. 19 Fleeting Success speaks of good fortune with an expiry date: enjoy it, notice the signs, and take steps beforehand so the shift costs you less.
8 Union, the resulting hexagram, places success in joining people aligned with your project, people who can truly support you. It also asks whether you have the qualities to carry the project yourself, and you can even toss the coins again to find out. Together they suggest using the good season to build bonds that will outlive it, and to check your own readiness honestly. Watch for gathering people around you only while things are easy; the alliances that count are the ones that still hold when the luck runs thin.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- The judgment of 19 Fleeting Success
A period of luck, fortune and well-being is coming. Make the most of it, because it will last only eight months; after that, conditions will change. If you can pay attention, read the signs and take care and precautions before the decline arrives, you won't avoid it, but you will lessen its effects while circumstances change.
Great success. Constancy is favorable. When the eighth month comes, misfortune.
- The judgment of 8 Union
Right now success lies in joining with people who are aligned with your project and who are a support for you. But it's important that you, too, have the qualities needed to carry it out; that's why you can toss the coins once more to find out whether you have those qualities.
Good fortune. Consult the oracle again: great and lasting constancy. No fault. The restless come from every side. The one who comes late: misfortune.
- Line 1 of 19 Fleeting Success
If you join with the right people, you'll have support and backing when the decline comes.
Drawing near together. Constancy brings good fortune.
- Line 2 of 19 Fleeting Success
Recognizing that every situation is impermanent will let you move through each phase not from fear, but trusting that you have what you need to get through it.
Drawing near together. Good fortune; nothing that is not favorable.
- Line 5 of 19 Fleeting Success
Surrounding yourself with capable collaborators and respecting what they do, encouraging their autonomy, will bring you a stable achievement.
Drawing near with wisdom: what befits the great ruler. Good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
8 Union → 19 Fleeting Successlines 1, 2, and 5
Other transformations of Fleeting Success
- 15Simplicitylines 1, 2, and 3
- 16Passionlines 1, 2, and 4
- 32What Lastslines 1, 3, and 4
- 55Abundancelines 2, 3, and 4
- 48Right Actionlines 1, 3, and 5
- 63After the Endlines 2, 3, and 5
- 47Overwhelmedlines 1, 4, and 5
- 17Adaptinglines 2, 4, and 5
- 43Overflowinglines 3, 4, and 5
- 23The Falllines 1, 2, and 6
- 18Loss, Then Gainlines 1, 3, and 6
- 22Good Mannerslines 2, 3, and 6
- 64Transitionlines 1, 4, and 6
- 21Bitinglines 2, 4, and 6
- 14Wealthlines 3, 4, and 6
- 59Release from Obstacleslines 1, 5, and 6
- 42Increaselines 2, 5, and 6
- 9Small Thingslines 3, 5, and 6
- 10Treading Carefullylines 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.