Transformation · lines 2, 3, and 6
Fleeting Success becomes Good Manners
What this change means
Fire glows at the foot of the mountain as the second, third and top lines change. The judgments of both hexagrams share the weight evenly. 19 Fleeting Success speaks of a time of luck and well-being that will pass; its counsel is to enjoy it with your eyes open and get ready, so the shift does less damage.
The resulting hexagram, 22 Good Manners, asks you to be kind and courteous with others if you want good results. What might seem superficial at another time leads to success now. It's a time for everyday matters, not great undertakings. Put together, they suggest a modest, gracious use of the favorable period: tend the details, treat people well, and save the big ventures for later. Watch for underestimating courtesy, or for launching something grand on the strength of good luck; the small, well-mannered gesture tends to do more now.
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 22 Good Manners
It's a time to be kind and courteous and to use good manners with others if you want good results in what you undertake. What might seem superficial at another time leads you to success now. It's a time to handle everyday matters, not great undertakings.
Success. In small things, it is favorable to have somewhere to go.
- 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 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 trigrams
The way back
22 Good Manners → 19 Fleeting Successlines 2, 3, and 6
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
- 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
- 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.