Transformation · lines 3 and 6
Fleeting Success becomes Great Achievements
What this change means
Heaven gathers inside the mountain as the third and top lines move. The top line leads: in a time of strength and plenty, generosity and helping others improve are what keep success alive. The third line names the trap on the way there: leaning on favorable conditions breeds inertia, and inertia brings loss, unless you react early and recover.
The resulting hexagram, 26 Great Achievements, invites you out of your comfort zone into new actions, beyond what you think you can do. Unusual actions are favored, because you have the qualities needed. Together, the lines turn that into a clear choice. Don't settle into comfort; use the abundance to stretch, and bring others along as you do. Watch for the moment you start resting on what you have; that's the signal to take on something new, and to share the gains generously when it works.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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.
- 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 26 Great Achievements
It's a good moment to leave your comfort zone and take on new actions, beyond what you think you can do. Heaven favors unusual actions that will lead you to success, because you have the qualities needed.
Constancy is favorable. Not eating at home brings good fortune. It is favorable to cross the great river.
The trigrams
The way back
26 Great Achievements → 19 Fleeting Successlines 3 and 6
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
- 34Great Manifestationlines 3 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
- 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.