Transformation · lines 2 and 5
Good Manners becomes Small Things
What this change means
Wind drifts across the heavens as the fifth and second lines move, turning Good Manners into 9 Small Things. The fifth leads. Your genuine inner attitude may seem small, yet it's welcomed in higher circles; a little distress, then good fortune. The second line asks you to stay with what's essential and to pair it with good manners. Both point toward the modest and the true. The resulting hexagram fits that scale. Success is promised, but its time hasn't come; a few obstacles remain to be resolved. For now, small actions are the right size, while you wait for the moment to act on a larger scale. Keep refining the essentials, offer them sincerely, and let patient small steps prepare the way.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 5 of 22 Good Manners
Your genuine inner attitude, small as it may seem to you, is welcomed and accepted in higher circles.
Adornment on the hill and in the garden. The roll of silk is meager. Distress; in the end, good fortune.
- Line 2 of 22 Good Manners
Pay attention to what is essential; combining it with good manners will bring you achievement.
Adorning the beard.
- 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 9 Small Things
You're facing a situation that promises success, but it isn't time yet. There are still obstacles on the way that you need to resolve. For now you can take small actions and wait for the right moment to act on a large scale.
Success. Dense clouds and no rain, from my western outskirts.
The trigrams
The way back
9 Small Things → 22 Good Mannerslines 2 and 5
Other transformations of Good Manners
- 18Loss, Then Gainlines 1 and 2
- 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
- 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.