Transformation · lines 2, 4, and 5
Fleeting Success becomes Adapting
What this change means
Thunder stirs inside the lake as the second, fourth and fifth lines move. Three moving lines put both judgments on equal footing. 19 Fleeting Success describes a time of luck and wellness that will end after a set span; it asks for attention to the signs and precautions taken early, so the change hits less hard.
17 Adapting, the resulting hexagram, says it's a time both to lead and to follow. If you see the place life is asking you to take, and act sincerely from there, you gain more leadership and more support. Combined, the message is flexibility. The good season won't last in the same form, so don't cling to one role. Lead where you're needed, follow where others know better, and adjust as conditions shift. Watch for holding on to a position out of pride when the moment is asking you to step into a different one.
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 17 Adapting
It's a time both to lead and to follow. If you can see the place life is asking you to take right now, and act genuinely from wherever you belong, you'll gain more leadership and more support for what you do.
Great success. Constancy is favorable. No fault.
- 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 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.
The trigrams
The way back
17 Adapting → 19 Fleeting Successlines 2, 4, 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
- 48Right Actionlines 1, 3, and 5
- 63After the Endlines 2, 3, and 5
- 47Overwhelmedlines 1, 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.