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Transformation · lines 2, 3, 5, and 6

The Fall becomes Right Action

剝 23 The Fall 井 48 Right Action
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

With four lines moving, The Fall becomes 48 Right Action, water drawn up over wood. Its still first and fourth lines guide the reading. The first says a low mood can make everything look bleak, so you miss the openings and don't draw help. The fourth says it's time to rethink, focus on the opportunities, and use your talents in action. The stripping you've lived through may have left you discouraged, and that's understandable. But the well is there; the danger now is not drawing from it. Notice how your mood shapes what you see. Then look again at what you already have, the skills, the people, the openings, and put it to work. Postponing decisions wastes good timing. Start with one concrete action and let the next follow.

What to read, in order

Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.

  1. Line 1 of 48 Right Action, which stays still

    Your mood is low, so everything looks bleak to you: you don't see the opportunities and you don't draw help.

    A muddy well: no one drinks. No birds come to the old well.

  2. Line 4 of 48 Right Action, which stays still

    It's time to rethink and focus on the opportunities. If you focus on action and use your talents, you'll succeed.

    The well is lined with brick. No fault.

  3. The judgment of 23 The Fall

    It's a time of obstacles and difficulties when, even if you're right, your words aren't believed. Lesser people who misuse power are on the rise, and you could become their victim. Recognizing this time without trying to push ahead, and being generous and giving toward those beneath you, will help you hold on while circumstances change.

    It is not favorable to have somewhere to go.

  4. Line 2 of 23 The Fall

    Resources and help aren't enough right now. All you can do is wait for better conditions.

    The bed is stripped at the frame. Constancy is destroyed: misfortune.

  5. Line 3 of 23 The Fall

    Turning to spiritual resources and inner help will keep adversity away.

    Stripping. No fault.

  6. Line 5 of 23 The Fall

    You'll receive unexpected help that puts you in a favorable position.

    Fish strung in a row: favor like that of the palace ladies. Nothing that is not favorable.

  7. Line 6 of 23 The Fall

    Little by little the adverse situations will give way, and gradually adversity will turn into opportunity.

    A great fruit left uneaten. The noble person gains a carriage; the petty person's hut is stripped.

  8. The judgment of 48 Right Action

    You're at a moment when opportunities are on your side. But if you don't know how to use them because you keep putting off decisions and actions, being in the right place at the right time won't do you any good. It's not about looking for new things but about making use of what you have, or there will be loss.

    The town is changed, the well is not. Nothing lost, nothing gained. They come and go, and draw from the well. Nearly there, the rope does not yet reach the well; if the jar breaks, misfortune.

The trigrams

Below Earth Wind
Above Mountain Water

The way back

48 Right Action → 23 The Fall
lines 2, 3, 5, and 6

Other transformations of The Fall

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