What this change means
Everything flows from the top line: it's the source others draw their sustenance from. There's danger in that position, and good fortune too, and crossing the great river is favored. In practical terms, you gain the resources to look after your own affairs and you help others get theirs, which brings a great responsibility and also great success. As this line moves, the Mountain dissolves into Earth, and the resulting hexagram, 24 Coming Back, describes a return after a time of adversity: help arrives and undertakings are favored. It also asks you to remember the mistakes that led into the dark, so you don't repeat them. So take up the role of provider with care. You're coming back into strength, and others will lean on you. Carry that weight seriously, without forgetting what you learned in the lean times.
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 27 Nourishment
You gain the resources to take care of your own affairs, and you help others get theirs. This brings a great responsibility, but also great success.
From here comes sustenance. Danger; good fortune. It is favorable to cross the great river.
- The judgment of 27 Nourishment
Right now you need to take care of your physical and spiritual nourishment, so you have the resources you need in each area, and at the same time help others grow through what you do. Success lies in giving and receiving: take in what is good for you and share it with those around you.
Constancy brings good fortune. Watching the jaws; seeking for oneself what fills the mouth.
- The judgment of 24 Coming Back
After a period of adversity and darkness, the return comes. Still, be aware of the mistakes that led you into the dark, because if you repeat them you could fall again. People will come to help you, and your undertakings and projects will be favored.
Success. Going out and coming in without harm; friends arrive, no fault. Back and forth along its way: in seven days comes the return. It is favorable to have somewhere to go.
The trigrams
The way back
24 Coming Back → 27 Nourishmentline 6
Other transformations of Nourishment
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.