What this change means
Fire on the mountain: with the fifth and top lines moving, the Lake above turns to Fire and Attraction becomes 56 The Traveler. The top line takes the lead, cautioning that talk unbacked by deeds yields only modest results. The fifth line answers with stillness: leave people and events alone, and there's no regret. The resulting hexagram describes a time of small achievements and possibly of upheaval: unfamiliar places or circumstances that you'll need to adjust to until they find their footing. Keep a light, flexible attitude, loosen your attachments, and bring warmth to each new connection you make. The lines warn against trying to talk your way into belonging. On unfamiliar ground, quiet courtesy and consistent behavior open more doors than persuasion does. Travel light, speak less, and let your conduct introduce you to the people you meet along the way.
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 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.
- 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 56 The Traveler
It's a time of small achievements. Keep a light, flexible attitude. You may be facing a period of change, new places or situations that ask you to adapt while they settle: let go of attachments and be gracious as you make new connections and your situation takes hold.
Small success. For the traveler, constancy brings good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
56 The Traveler → 31 Attractionlines 5 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
- 13Gathering with Equalslines 1 and 6
- 44Lack of Firmnesslines 2 and 6
- 12Declinelines 3 and 6
- 53Gradual Progresslines 4 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.