Transformation · lines 1 and 3
Fleeting Success becomes Going Up
What this change means
The first and third lines move, and the lake below becomes wind, like roots working their way up through soil. The third line leads with a warning: count too heavily on good conditions and you drift into inertia and loss, though a quick reaction lets you win it back. The first line adds the remedy that goes with it: join the right people now, so you'll have their backing when things turn.
The resulting hexagram, 46 Going Up, shows a rise that grows out of dedicated work. Seeking the help of an important person can bring great success, and there's no reason to fear that meeting. Taken together, the message is that this ascent belongs to effort, not to luck. Keep working, keep your allies close, and don't confuse momentum with safety. Watch for coasting on the good season; the climb continues only as long as you keep putting in the work that started it.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 3 of 19 Fleeting Success
Relying too much on favorable situations will lead you to inertia and loss. If you react early, you can recover.
Drawing near with sweetness. Nothing is favorable. Once grieved by it, no fault.
- 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.
- 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 46 Going Up
You're in a time of rising, and this rise is the fruit of work you've done with dedication. Seeking the help of an important person will bring great success; don't be afraid of that meeting, because everything is favorable now.
Great success. Seeing the great person is of use. Do not worry. Setting out southward brings good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
46 Going Up → 19 Fleeting Successlines 1 and 3
Other transformations of Fleeting Success
- 2Passivitylines 1 and 2
- 36Darknesslines 2 and 3
- 40Clearing Obstacleslines 1 and 4
- 51Shocklines 2 and 4
- 34Great Manifestationlines 3 and 4
- 29Waterlines 1 and 5
- 3Initial Obstacleslines 2 and 5
- 5Inactionlines 3 and 5
- 58Inner Peacelines 4 and 5
- 4Immaturitylines 1 and 6
- 27Nourishmentlines 2 and 6
- 26Great Achievementslines 3 and 6
- 38Oppositeslines 4 and 6
- 61Inner Integritylines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.