What this change means
Two lines move in the lower trigram, the first and the third, and the quiet Mountain wakes as Thunder. Something in you wants to follow. The third line, which leads, cautions against latching on too fast to people who aren't right for you, or running after a fantasy without reflection: going on like that brings distress. The first line adds that your attitude is right, but the alliances you need still have to arrive. The resulting hexagram, 17 Adapting, turns the question around. It's a time both to lead and to follow, and the key is seeing the place life is asking you to take right now. Following isn't the problem; following blindly is. Act genuinely from where you belong, and support and leadership tend to grow on their own. Before you attach yourself to anyone's plan, ask whether it's truly yours, and give the right allies time to show up.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- The judgment of 17 Adapting
It's a time both to lead and to follow. If you can see the place life is asking you to take right now, and act genuinely from wherever you belong, you'll gain more leadership and more support for what you do.
Great success. Constancy is favorable. No fault.
The trigrams
The way back
17 Adapting → 31 Attractionlines 1 and 3
Other transformations of Attraction
- 43Overflowinglines 1 and 2
- 47Overwhelmedlines 2 and 3
- 63After the Endlines 1 and 4
- 48Right Actionlines 2 and 4
- 8Unionlines 3 and 4
- 55Abundancelines 1 and 5
- 32What Lastslines 2 and 5
- 16Passionlines 3 and 5
- 15Simplicitylines 4 and 5
- 13Gathering with Equalslines 1 and 6
- 44Lack of Firmnesslines 2 and 6
- 12Declinelines 3 and 6
- 53Gradual Progresslines 4 and 6
- 56The Travelerlines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.