Transformation · lines 1 and 6
Attraction becomes Gathering with Equals
What this change means
The bottom and top lines move, toe and tongue, and Fire burns under Heaven. The top line leads, with a warning: trying to win people over with words alone, without matching actions, yields modest results. From below, the first line adds something quieter: you're facing the right way, yet the backing you need hasn't shown up. The resulting hexagram, 13 Gathering with Equals, shows what these lines are working toward: meetings with people of a nature like yours, relationships built on trust and mutual support, and room for large, innovative projects. That kind of community doesn't form through persuasion. It forms when people see that what you say and what you do agree. So talk less and show more, wait for the right allies instead of recruiting them, and let shared purpose bring you together.
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 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.
- 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 13 Gathering with Equals
It's a time of meetings with people of a high nature like yours, with whom you can carry out important tasks and projects. Relationships built on trust and mutual support take shape. Large, innovative projects are favored.
Community in the open country. Success. It is favorable to cross the great river. The constancy of the noble person is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
13 Gathering with Equals → 31 Attractionlines 1 and 6
Other transformations of Attraction
- 43Overflowinglines 1 and 2
- 17Adaptinglines 1 and 3
- 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
- 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.