Transformation · lines 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
Attraction becomes Fleeting Success
What this change means
Five lines move, and only the top line stays: the lake on the mountain becomes the earth above the lake, and Attraction turns into 19 Fleeting Success. A period of luck and well-being is drawing near, but it's limited in time, and conditions will change after it. Paying attention, reading the signs and taking precautions won't prevent the decline, but can soften its effects. Five moving lines leave a single still one, the top line of the new figure, to guide you. It says that being generous in times of power and plenty, helping others improve, keeps your success going. That's the bridge back to Attraction, where receiving others openly is the source of good results. So make the most of this good spell by sharing it. Teach, support, open your door. What you give while things are easy tends to be what carries you when they aren't.
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 19 Fleeting Success, which stays still
Being generous in times of power and plenty, helping others improve, will keep your success going.
Drawing near with generosity. Good fortune, no fault.
- The judgment of 31 Attraction
You'll get good results to the extent that you stay open and receptive, which lets people come close who will support you and help you get there, generously and without self-interest.
Success. Constancy is favorable. Taking a wife brings good fortune.
- Line 1 of 31 Attraction
Your outlook and attitude are right, but you still need to wait for support and alliances to arrive.
Contact at the big toe.
- Line 2 of 31 Attraction
Wait, without rushing or taking the initiative, until the right people and situations show up on their own.
Contact at the calves. Misfortune. Staying put brings good fortune.
- Line 3 of 31 Attraction
Don't act hastily, attaching yourself to the wrong people or chasing your dreams without thinking: this will take you off the path.
Contact at the thighs. Holding on to what follows. Going on: distress.
- Line 4 of 31 Attraction
Centering yourself in your heart and your inner resources will let what is right for you find you naturally.
Constancy brings good fortune. Regret vanishes. Restless, coming and going; friends follow your thoughts.
- Line 5 of 31 Attraction
An attitude of stillness, without trying to influence people or events, will bring you achievement.
Contact at the back. No regret.
- The judgment of 19 Fleeting Success
A period of luck, fortune and well-being is coming. Make the most of it, because it will last only eight months; after that, conditions will change. If you can pay attention, read the signs and take care and precautions before the decline arrives, you won't avoid it, but you will lessen its effects while circumstances change.
Great success. Constancy is favorable. When the eighth month comes, misfortune.
The trigrams
The way back
19 Fleeting Success → 31 Attractionlines 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
Other transformations of Attraction
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.