Transformation · line 4
Fleeting Success becomes A Subordinate Role
What this change means
Only the fourth line moves, and the earth above wakes as Thunder over the lake. This line speaks of drawing close to those below you: joining the people under your care and supporting them is what keeps you stable. In a favorable period, it's easy to look up and forward; this line asks you to look around and down instead, toward the ones who depend on you.
The resulting hexagram, 54 A Subordinate Role, describes a situation where you have to take second place, and where personal initiative tends to fail. That may sound like a contradiction, but it fits. Stability now comes from service, not from leading the charge. Support others, accept a quieter role, and act in keeping with the moment until your position improves. Watch for pushing your own plans forward on the strength of good luck; this movement favors steadiness and humility over bold moves of your own.
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.
- 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 54 A Subordinate Role
You're in a situation where you have to take second place to others; any personal initiative will lead to failure. Recognizing the moment and acting in keeping with it is all you can do until things change and you're in a better position.
Setting out brings misfortune. Nothing is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
54 A Subordinate Role → 19 Fleeting Successline 4
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.