What this change means
Both trigrams become Lake when the first, third and fifth lines move: the drive of thunder and wind settles into calm water joined to calm water. Each judgment counts for half. What Lasts wants you moving, with a target in sight; the resulting hexagram, 58 Inner Peace, describes a calm that lets you accomplish great things, fed by time with people whose energy matches yours, so long as you don't lose sight of your aims. Here, ease supports effort. You don't have to grind your way forward. Rest in good company, let it recharge you, and then return to your goals with fresh strength. The danger is drifting into comfort and forgetting where you were headed. Keep one eye on the goal, and let peace be the fuel rather than the destination.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- The judgment of 32 What Lasts
This moment asks you for action, not stillness. It asks you to have clear goals to head toward and to act in line with them. That way you'll achieve things, and your achievements will keep growing and will last.
Success. No fault. Constancy is favorable. It is favorable to have somewhere to go.
- The judgment of 58 Inner Peace
You're in a time of calm and inner peace that lets you achieve great things. Spending time with people whose energy is like yours will nourish and recharge you to reach your aims. Still, don't lose sight of your goals, or you'll slide into inertia.
Success. Constancy is favorable.
- Line 1 of 32 What Lasts
Don't expect extraordinary achievements when you're only just starting to move in the right direction.
Digging deep into duration. Even with constancy, misfortune. Nothing is favorable.
- Line 3 of 32 What Lasts
If you let outside circumstances grow bigger than your dreams and projects, they'll end up gaining power over you.
Not making one's virtue last; perhaps shame will follow. Constancy brings distress.
- Line 5 of 32 What Lasts
Right now your achievements will depend on your ability to be bold and open yourself to new paths.
Making one's virtue last, with constancy. For the wife, good fortune; for the husband, misfortune.
The trigrams
The way back
58 Inner Peace → 32 What Lastslines 1, 3, and 5
Other transformations of What Lasts
- 51Shocklines 1, 2, and 3
- 36Darknesslines 1, 2, and 4
- 19Fleeting Successlines 1, 3, and 4
- 2Passivitylines 2, 3, and 4
- 49Renewallines 1, 2, and 5
- 45Meetinglines 2, 3, and 5
- 5Inactionlines 1, 4, and 5
- 39Held Backlines 2, 4, and 5
- 29Waterlines 3, 4, and 5
- 30The Flamelines 1, 2, and 6
- 38Oppositeslines 1, 3, and 6
- 35Advancelines 2, 3, and 6
- 26Great Achievementslines 1, 4, and 6
- 52Abidinglines 2, 4, and 6
- 4Immaturitylines 3, 4, and 6
- 1Activitylines 1, 5, and 6
- 33Leaving Behindlines 2, 5, and 6
- 6Conflictlines 3, 5, and 6
- 57Gentlenesslines 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.