What this change means
The lake rises over the earth as the second, third and fifth lines change, and solitary persistence becomes a gathering. The two texts share the weight. What Lasts wants a goal kept in view and pursued day after day. The resulting hexagram, 45 Meeting, describes a very favorable situation, with everything in place for the next step and the chance to meet those who will support you. It also asks you to take on important matters, keep up some kind of spiritual practice, and prepare for the unexpected. So this is a time to bring people together around your purpose. Ask for help. Share your goals openly. Use the momentum, but keep something in reserve, because a gathering this promising also needs guarding. Steady aims give the group a center to hold on to.
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 45 Meeting
A very favorable situation is coming, with everything ready for you to take the next step toward your goals. You can ask for help and meet with those who will support you. It's a time to take on important things, do some kind of spiritual practice, and prepare in case anything unexpected happens.
Success. The king comes to his temple. It is favorable to see the great person. Success. Constancy is favorable. Offering large animals brings good fortune. It is favorable to have somewhere to go.
- Line 2 of 32 What Lasts
Right now your enthusiasm and passion are greater than outside circumstances. Staying that way will gradually overcome the stillness and move you toward success.
Regret vanishes.
- 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
45 Meeting → 32 What Lastslines 2, 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
- 58Inner Peacelines 1, 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.