Transformation · lines 3 and 4
Fleeting Success becomes Great Manifestation
What this change means
Thunder now sounds above Heaven: the third and fourth lines move, and strength gathers fast. The fourth line leads. Supporting the people below you is what keeps your footing firm. The third line warns about the other side of strength: when favor becomes something you lean on, it turns into idleness and then loss, unless you catch it in time.
The resulting hexagram, 34 Great Manifestation, says you have what it takes for big projects and extraordinary results, as long as you stay active and keep persevering. Thinking and acting in harmony keeps you on the right path and helps your achievements last. Here the two lines frame that power. It isn't something you can rest on, and it isn't something you hold alone. Stay engaged, keep your people supported, and correct course early. Watch for the comfort that power brings; force without effort and care tends to run out.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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 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.
- 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 34 Great Manifestation
You have what it takes to carry out big projects and achieve extraordinary things. Still, you need to stay active and keep persevering. Thinking and acting in harmony will keep you holding to what is right and will make your achievements last.
Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
34 Great Manifestation → 19 Fleeting Successlines 3 and 4
Other transformations of Fleeting Success
- 2Passivitylines 1 and 2
- 46Going Uplines 1 and 3
- 36Darknesslines 2 and 3
- 40Clearing Obstacleslines 1 and 4
- 51Shocklines 2 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.