Transformation · line 1
Leaving Behind becomes Gathering with Equals
What this change means
Fire takes the place of the mountain below Heaven, and a retreat that started late now has to be finished fast. The first line is the heart of this movement: you're at the tail end of a withdrawal, still hoping something can be squeezed out of a road you already know is closing. That hope is the danger. Pull back now, actively, and don't start new ventures while you're still half inside the old one. What opens on the other side is 13 Gathering with Equals, a time when people of a nature like yours can join you in larger work built on trust. You won't find them while you're stuck at the rear of a fading situation, though. Cut cleanly, accept a small loss rather than a bigger one, and let the clearing you make become room for the company that's worth keeping.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 1 of 33 Leaving Behind
In hard times, when retreat can't be avoided, you'll suffer losses if you don't pull back quickly and actively and still hope to get something out of that road.
Retreating at the tail. Danger. Having somewhere to go is of no use yet.
- The judgment of 33 Leaving Behind
Leaving a path behind or stepping back right now isn't a bad thing. On the contrary, it will help you recover your strength and think carefully about the situation and how to set it right. Sometimes what looks like a loss turns into a gain, if you can let go of what isn't good for you and then pick up again in the right direction.
Success. In small things, constancy is favorable.
- The judgment of 13 Gathering with Equals
It's a time of meetings with people of a high nature like yours, with whom you can carry out important tasks and projects. Relationships built on trust and mutual support take shape. Large, innovative projects are favored.
Community in the open country. Success. It is favorable to cross the great river. The constancy of the noble person is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
13 Gathering with Equals → 33 Leaving Behindline 1
Other transformations of Leaving Behind
Make your own cast
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