What this change means
The calves want to run before the feet have anywhere to go. When the second line of Attraction moves, the Mountain beneath the Lake becomes Wind, and the steady ground of waiting starts to bend under pressure. The line is blunt: moving now brings misfortune, while staying put brings good fortune. It asks you to hold back and let the right people and circumstances come along by themselves, without hurrying or making the first move. The resulting hexagram, 28 Excesses, explains why. Something you've built is carrying more weight than its supports were made for, and extraordinary measures may be needed to keep it from giving way. Don't answer that strain by jumping ahead. Check the foundations, strengthen what holds your project up, and be ready to try something new when the time comes. For now, your strength is in staying where you are and letting what is right for you arrive.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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.
- 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 28 Excesses
You're in a situation that calls for extraordinary measures to keep what you've achieved from collapsing. Check and strengthen the foundations that hold up your projects, take innovative action and step out of your comfort zone. That way your success is assured; otherwise, loss can't be avoided.
The ridgepole sags. It is favorable to have somewhere to go. Success.
The trigrams
The way back
28 Excesses → 31 Attractionline 2
Other transformations of Attraction
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.