Transformation · lines 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6
Attraction becomes Opposites
What this change means
All but the fourth line move, and fire rises above a lake: Attraction becomes 38 Opposites. Those around you aren't like you, and yet you have to work alongside them, so what you can achieve for now is small. Even so, it matters that everyone keeps their own nature and contributes from there to something shared. With five lines changing, the one still line of the resulting hexagram, its fourth, carries the guidance. It says that keeping to yourself in a time of opposition helps you find the people who are truly like you, and that leads to success. So don't force closeness where there's friction. Be civil, keep your own character, and stay a little apart. In that quiet, the attraction that matters, to people who share your nature, has room to find you.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 4 of 38 Opposites, which stays still
Keeping to yourself in this time of opposition will help you find people who are truly like you and achieve success.
Alone in opposition, meets a worthy man; they trust each other. Danger. 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 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.
- Line 6 of 31 Attraction
If you try to influence others or win their support with words alone and not with matching actions, your achievements will be modest.
Contact at the jaws, the cheeks, the tongue.
- The judgment of 38 Opposites
You're in a situation of opposition: the people around you are different from you, yet you need to share with them. This means that what you can achieve for now is small. Even so, don't give in. It matters that both you and they keep your own nature and contribute from there to a shared project.
In small matters, good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
38 Opposites → 31 Attractionlines 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6
Other transformations of Attraction
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.