Transformation · line 3
Innocence becomes Gathering with Equals
What this change means
Someone tied up an ox, a traveler walked off with it, and the villagers took the blame. The third line of Innocence speaks of trouble you didn't earn, and of timing: a good deed done at the wrong moment can turn out badly. As the Thunder below becomes Fire, the figure turns into 13 Gathering with Equals, a time of meeting people of a nature like yours and building trust for shared work. That pairing asks for care. A new circle and new projects are favored, but misunderstandings can still land on the wrong person. Watch before you act, choose your moment, and don't take on blame or offer help so hastily that it misfires. If something goes wrong that wasn't your doing, say so plainly and keep going. Relationships based on trust can absorb a misunderstanding when everyone stays honest.
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 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.
- 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 13 Gathering with Equals
It's a time of meetings with people of a high nature like yours, with whom you can carry out important tasks and projects. Relationships built on trust and mutual support take shape. Large, innovative projects are favored.
Community in the open country. Success. It is favorable to cross the great river. The constancy of the noble person is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
13 Gathering with Equals → 25 Innocenceline 3
Other transformations of Innocence
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.