Transformation · lines 1 and 2
Good Manners becomes Loss, Then Gain
What this change means
The two lowest lines move, and the lower Fire becomes Wind: Good Manners turns into 18 Loss, Then Gain. The second line leads. Keep your eye on what's essential and combine it with courtesy; that pairing brings results. The first line adds a sense of scale: use the resources that are truly yours, the way someone leaves a carriage behind and walks. The resulting hexagram suggests why that matters now. Something may have slipped, through mistakes that led to decline, and the way back lies in admitting it and making the corrections needed. Take time to understand what caused the loss. Then act with simple means and an eye for the essential, and give the recovery time to arrive. Repair done modestly and well tends to hold.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 2 of 22 Good Manners
Pay attention to what is essential; combining it with good manners will bring you achievement.
Adorning the beard.
- Line 1 of 22 Good Manners
Success in everyday matters now depends on using the resources that are yours, and no more.
Adorning the feet; leaving the carriage and going on foot.
- 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.
- The judgment of 18 Loss, Then Gain
You've made mistakes that have brought you into decline; still, admitting it and making the corrections needed will lead you back to success. Take time to reflect on what caused the loss and, once you've acted, give success time to arrive.
Great success. It is favorable to cross the great river. Three days before the first day, three days after the first day.
The trigrams
The way back
18 Loss, Then Gain → 22 Good Mannerslines 1 and 2
Other transformations of Good Manners
- 23The Falllines 1 and 3
- 41Decreaselines 2 and 3
- 56The Travelerlines 1 and 4
- 14Wealthlines 2 and 4
- 21Bitinglines 3 and 4
- 53Gradual Progresslines 1 and 5
- 9Small Thingslines 2 and 5
- 42Increaselines 3 and 5
- 13Gathering with Equalslines 4 and 5
- 15Simplicitylines 1 and 6
- 11Well-Beinglines 2 and 6
- 24Coming Backlines 3 and 6
- 55Abundancelines 4 and 6
- 63After the Endlines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.