What this change means
The fourth and fifth lines move, and the Lake above settles into Earth: a mountain now hidden within the ground. The fifth line leads. Contact at the back means stillness, not trying to influence people or events, and it brings no regret. The fourth line supports it: center yourself in your heart and inner resources rather than in restless coming and going, and what's right for you tends to find you; friends follow your thoughts. The resulting hexagram, 15 Simplicity, completes the picture. This isn't the time to boast or show off. Keep things plain, act fairly, and your qualities will show and be recognized on their own. All three voices say the same thing in different ways: let go of the effort to impress or persuade. Quiet integrity is the most attractive thing you have right now.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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 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.
- 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 15 Simplicity
This isn't the time to boast or show off. It's time to keep things simple and to make sure you act fairly; your qualities and talents will show on their own and be recognized.
Success. The noble person reaches the end.
The trigrams
The way back
15 Simplicity → 31 Attractionlines 4 and 5
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
- 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.