Transformation · lines 4 and 6
Innocence becomes Initial Obstacles
What this change means
Clouds and thunder: the fourth and top lines move, Heaven above becomes Water, and Innocence turns into 3 Initial Obstacles. Leading is the top line, which says that moving on without the right conditions brings calamity and delay. The fourth adds steadiness: what's truly yours can't be taken, and constancy carries no fault. The resulting hexagram describes a hard beginning, a time not to act directly but to work through allies who represent you, while staying alert for the moment to take the initiative back. The combination is clear. Don't push your way through this start. Hold your position calmly, trusting what's secure, and let trusted people move things where you can't. Organize, weave the threads in order, and watch. When the conditions turn, you'll know, and then you can step forward yourself.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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.
- 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 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 3 Initial Obstacles
This isn't the time to act directly: look for people who can act for you, allies who represent you. Still, stay alert so you know when the time comes to take back the initiative and control.
Great success. Constancy is favorable. Having somewhere to go is of no use yet. It is favorable to install lords.
The trigrams
The way back
3 Initial Obstacles → 25 Innocencelines 4 and 6
Other transformations of Innocence
- 6Conflictlines 1 and 2
- 33Leaving Behindlines 1 and 3
- 1Activitylines 2 and 3
- 20Observinglines 1 and 4
- 61Inner Integritylines 2 and 4
- 37The Tribelines 3 and 4
- 35Advancelines 1 and 5
- 38Oppositeslines 2 and 5
- 30The Flamelines 3 and 5
- 27Nourishmentlines 4 and 5
- 45Meetinglines 1 and 6
- 58Inner Peacelines 2 and 6
- 49Renewallines 3 and 6
- 51Shocklines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.