Transformation · lines 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Fleeting Success becomes Gathering with Equals
What this change means
Heaven over fire: five lines move, and only the first stays as it was. That still first line of 13 Gathering with Equals carries the reading: joint projects need to happen in plain view, with nothing kept hidden.
What was a favorable season becomes, in this movement, a time of meeting kindred people, building relationships of trust and mutual support, and taking on large, innovative work together. The still line names the condition for all of it: transparency. Make agreements openly, share information, and let everyone see how things are decided. Watch for side deals, hidden agendas or quiet favoritism; they tend to undo trust faster than any outside obstacle, while openness keeps a group of equals working together well. What's built in plain view is what tends to outlast the good season.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 1 of 13 Gathering with Equals, which stays still
Shared projects should be carried out in the open, with nothing hidden.
Community at the gate. No fault.
- 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.
- 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 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 4 of 19 Fleeting Success
Joining with the people under you and supporting them will help you stay stable.
Drawing near all the way. 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.
- Line 6 of 19 Fleeting Success
Being generous in times of power and plenty, helping others improve, will keep your success going.
Drawing near with generosity. Good fortune, no fault.
- 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
The way back
13 Gathering with Equals → 19 Fleeting Successlines 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Other transformations of Fleeting Success
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.