What this change means
Five lines move and only the third stays, and Innocence turns into 7 The Army, water within the earth. That still line gives the warning: if you don't keep up the conditions for success and you slacken in your task, misfortune follows. The resulting hexagram says the favorable answer comes from discipline and organization, facing the situation head-on and saying clearly what you want, without imposing it. Seen through Innocence, discipline is sincerity kept up over time. Good intentions aren't enough if the daily work slips. Organize what depends on you, keep your standards, and care for the people involved. Speak plainly and fairly. The strength of this moment isn't in force but in order, steadiness and clear purpose maintained without letting up.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 3 of 7 The Army, which stays still
If you don't keep up the conditions needed for success and you slacken in your task, there will be misfortune.
Perhaps the army hauls corpses on its carts. Misfortune.
- The judgment of 25 Innocence
If you act with a pure heart, free of hidden motives and without straying from what is right, true to original human nature, you'll let the blessings of heaven reach you. Otherwise you'll meet obstacles and your affairs will become difficult.
Great success. Constancy is favorable. If it is not upright, there is calamity. It is not favorable to have somewhere to go.
- Line 1 of 25 Innocence
Follow the way of the heart: it will always know what is right at each moment. This will lead you to success.
Without falseness. Going brings good fortune.
- Line 2 of 25 Innocence
Doing your work without thinking about what you'll get from it is the way to succeed.
Not plowing with the harvest in mind, not clearing land with the ripe field in mind: then it is favorable to have somewhere to go.
- Line 4 of 25 Innocence
No one can take from you what belongs to you, so keep doing the right thing at the right time, and you'll reap the fruits.
Constancy is possible. No fault.
- Line 5 of 25 Innocence
If adverse things happen to you that aren't caused by your own negligence, don't worry: little by little things will straighten out until they're back on course.
An undeserved illness. Take no medicine: there will be joy.
- Line 6 of 25 Innocence
If you try to force things without waiting for the right conditions, you'll go astray and delay getting what you want.
Without falseness. Moving on brings calamity. Nothing is favorable.
- The judgment of 7 The Army
Whatever your question, the favorable answer comes from acting with discipline and organization: face the situation head-on and speak clearly, say what you want, without trying to impose it.
The constancy of a seasoned leader brings good fortune. No fault.
The trigrams
The way back
7 The Army → 25 Innocencelines 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6
Other transformations of Innocence
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.