Transformation · lines 1, 3, and 4
Innocence becomes Gradual Progress
What this change means
Thunder settles into Mountain below while Heaven softens into Wind above: lines one, three and four of Innocence are moving, and the figure becomes 53 Gradual Progress, a tree growing on the mountain. Three moving lines mean the two judgments speak together. Innocence makes honesty the condition: without it, any advance stalls. The resulting hexagram promises progress that comes step by step, lasting because it's gradual, and warns that trying to speed it up brings delays. The common ground is patience rooted in honesty. You don't need shortcuts or maneuvering. Keep your motives clean, take the next rung, then the one after, and let each stage settle before you climb again. What grows slowly and sincerely tends to stand firm when quicker gains fall away.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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.
- The judgment of 53 Gradual Progress
You'll make progress, and it will come step by step, gradually, through stages that make it lasting and stable. Trying to speed things up will bring delays and obstacles. Keep at it, one rung at a time.
The woman goes to be married: good fortune. Constancy is favorable.
- 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 3 of 25 Innocence
Watch and act at the right time, because a good deed done at the wrong moment turns out badly.
An undeserved calamity: someone tied up an ox; the traveler takes it, and the calamity falls on the villagers.
- 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.
The trigrams
The way back
53 Gradual Progress → 25 Innocencelines 1, 3, and 4
Other transformations of Innocence
- 44Lack of Firmnesslines 1, 2, and 3
- 59Release from Obstacleslines 1, 2, and 4
- 9Small Thingslines 2, 3, and 4
- 64Transitionlines 1, 2, and 5
- 56The Travelerlines 1, 3, and 5
- 14Wealthlines 2, 3, and 5
- 23The Falllines 1, 4, and 5
- 41Decreaselines 2, 4, and 5
- 22Good Mannerslines 3, 4, and 5
- 47Overwhelmedlines 1, 2, and 6
- 31Attractionlines 1, 3, and 6
- 43Overflowinglines 2, 3, and 6
- 8Unionlines 1, 4, and 6
- 60Thriftlines 2, 4, and 6
- 63After the Endlines 3, 4, and 6
- 16Passionlines 1, 5, and 6
- 54A Subordinate Rolelines 2, 5, and 6
- 55Abundancelines 3, 5, and 6
- 24Coming Backlines 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.