What this change means
The bottom and top lines move, and Fire now shines above Heaven. The top line leads, warning that nonstop activity without time for reflection and rest ends in exhaustion and a standstill. The first line agrees from the other end: you're only beginning in the right direction, so pressing for extraordinary results now would backfire. The resulting hexagram, 14 Wealth, describes abundance, inner and outer, which lasts when your character stays centered and you cultivate generosity. Both lines ask you to stop forcing. Plenty isn't won by frantic effort, and it doesn't stay with someone who can't pause to appreciate it. Work steadily, rest when you need to, keep your expectations in proportion, and share what comes to you. That's how plenty stays plenty.
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 32 What Lasts
If you're always acting without giving yourself time to reflect and rest, you'll end up exhausted and stuck.
Shaking duration. Misfortune.
- 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.
- 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 14 Wealth
A time of abundance and prosperity, both inner and outer. It's important to keep your character centered and to cultivate good deeds and generosity, so that this wealth lasts and reaches others.
Great success.
The trigrams
The way back
14 Wealth → 32 What Lastslines 1 and 6
Other transformations of What Lasts
- 55Abundancelines 1 and 2
- 54A Subordinate Rolelines 1 and 3
- 16Passionlines 2 and 3
- 11Well-Beinglines 1 and 4
- 15Simplicitylines 2 and 4
- 7The Armylines 3 and 4
- 43Overflowinglines 1 and 5
- 31Attractionlines 2 and 5
- 47Overwhelmedlines 3 and 5
- 48Right Actionlines 4 and 5
- 56The Travelerlines 2 and 6
- 64Transitionlines 3 and 6
- 18Loss, Then Gainlines 4 and 6
- 44Lack of Firmnesslines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.