Transformation · lines 1, 3, and 5
Fleeting Success becomes Right Action
What this change means
Water over wood, a well where there used to be a lake beneath the earth: the first, third and fifth lines move. Three lines in motion means both judgments speak with equal weight. 19 Fleeting Success tells you a good stretch is here but limited; make the most of it and prepare carefully for the change, which you can soften though not avoid.
48 Right Action, the resulting hexagram, says opportunities are on your side, but they're worthless if you keep putting off decisions. The task isn't to find something new; it's to use what you already have. Together they make a clear point about timing: the window is open, and it won't stay open. Act on what's already within reach. Watch for waiting for a better offer or a perfect plan; in this movement, delay is the main way good fortune turns into loss.
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 48 Right Action
You're at a moment when opportunities are on your side. But if you don't know how to use them because you keep putting off decisions and actions, being in the right place at the right time won't do you any good. It's not about looking for new things but about making use of what you have, or there will be loss.
The town is changed, the well is not. Nothing lost, nothing gained. They come and go, and draw from the well. Nearly there, the rope does not yet reach the well; if the jar breaks, 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 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 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
48 Right Action → 19 Fleeting Successlines 1, 3, 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
- 8Unionlines 1, 2, 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.