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Transformation · lines 1, 2, 3, and 5

Leaving Behind becomes Opposites

遯 33 Leaving Behind 睽 38 Opposites
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Fire flares upward while the Lake below seeps down; four lines move, and the two unmoving lines of 38 Opposites speak loudest. The fourth tells you that keeping to yourself during a time of disagreement can help you find people who are truly like you, and with them, success. The top line describes a stretch of confusion: isolated, you might not recognize your friends, and might even turn against them. Then the fog lifts, and joining with kindred people brings success. Your withdrawal has brought you to this point. You're apart from others, which is useful, but distance can also distort what you see. Use the solitude to get clear, not suspicious. Before treating anyone as an adversary, look again. The allies you need may be closer than they seem.

What to read, in order

Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.

  1. Line 4 of 38 Opposites, which stays still

    Keeping to yourself in this time of opposition will help you find people who are truly like you and achieve success.

    Alone in opposition, meets a worthy man; they trust each other. Danger. No fault.

  2. Line 6 of 38 Opposites, which stays still

    Isolation leads you into a moment of confusion where you don't recognize friends or allies; you're even about to attack them. But little by little the confusion clears, and joining with like-minded people will bring you success.

    Alone in opposition: sees a pig covered in mud, a cart loaded with ghosts. First the bow is drawn; then it is set down. Not a raider: a wedding party. If on the way the rain comes, good fortune.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Line 2 of 33 Leaving Behind

    If you leave behind what doesn't serve you and hold fast to what is fair and right, you'll reach your goals in the end.

    Bound with the hide of a yellow ox: no one can work it loose.

  6. Line 3 of 33 Leaving Behind

    If, just as you're leaving something behind, you still let circumstances tempt you to stay, you'll need to find allies to make even a little progress.

    A tethered retreat. There is sickness, danger. Keeping servants and maids: good fortune.

  7. Line 5 of 33 Leaving Behind

    Withdrawing at the right moment, and doing it on friendly terms with the circumstances and the people you leave behind, will bring you success.

    A fine retreat. Constancy brings good fortune.

  8. The judgment of 38 Opposites

    You're in a situation of opposition: the people around you are different from you, yet you need to share with them. This means that what you can achieve for now is small. Even so, don't give in. It matters that both you and they keep your own nature and contribute from there to a shared project.

    In small matters, good fortune.

The trigrams

Below Mountain Lake
Above Heaven Fire

The way back

38 Opposites → 33 Leaving Behind
lines 1, 2, 3, and 5

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