Transformation · lines 4 and 5
Great Achievements becomes Activity
What this change means
Heaven over heaven: the fourth and fifth lines move, the upper Mountain opens into Heaven, and the figure becomes 1 Activity, the creative principle itself. The fifth line leads, advising you to meet resistance cleverly, not head-on, as with the boar whose tusks are no longer dangerous. The fourth brings foresight, like the board fixed on the calf's horns before they grow. The resulting hexagram speaks of new beginnings and the qualities needed to carry any project to success, strength that grows by never resting. What held back the energy of Great Achievements is lifting. The restraint was intelligent: you foresaw problems and disarmed opposition. Now that preparation becomes momentum. Begin, and keep going steadily. Stay smart about obstacles even as you move, so your strength stays focused and doesn't scatter.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 5 of 26 Great Achievements
Facing the situations and people trying to stop you, not head-on but cleverly, ensures your success.
The tusks of a gelded boar. Good fortune.
- Line 4 of 26 Great Achievements
If you watch the circumstances and spot obstacles before they arise, preparing to overcome them when the time comes, you'll succeed.
The board on the calf's horns. Great good fortune.
- The judgment of 26 Great Achievements
It's a good moment to leave your comfort zone and take on new actions, beyond what you think you can do. Heaven favors unusual actions that will lead you to success, because you have the qualities needed.
Constancy is favorable. Not eating at home brings good fortune. It is favorable to cross the great river.
- The judgment of 1 Activity
The creative principle. Activity. New beginnings, flourishing, and the qualities you need to carry any undertaking or project through to success.
Great success. Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
1 Activity → 26 Great Achievementslines 4 and 5
Other transformations of Great Achievements
- 52Abidinglines 1 and 2
- 4Immaturitylines 1 and 3
- 27Nourishmentlines 2 and 3
- 50The Vessel of Nourishmentlines 1 and 4
- 30The Flamelines 2 and 4
- 38Oppositeslines 3 and 4
- 57Gentlenesslines 1 and 5
- 37The Tribelines 2 and 5
- 61Inner Integritylines 3 and 5
- 46Going Uplines 1 and 6
- 36Darknesslines 2 and 6
- 19Fleeting Successlines 3 and 6
- 34Great Manifestationlines 4 and 6
- 5Inactionlines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.