Transformation · lines 1 and 2
Great Manifestation becomes Success in Small Matters
What this change means
The first and second lines move, and Heaven below hardens into Mountain, with thunder now rolling over a peak. The second line leads: conditions are improving, but you need to stay centered and keep persevering to see results. The first line tempers the mood. Some unfavorable situations still block you despite your strengths, so don't force your way forward; work through the obstacles one by one and let them give way in time. The resulting hexagram, 62 Success in Small Matters, sets the scale. This isn't the moment for grand achievements. Small successes suit the time, and trying to go beyond your present means would scatter your effort. Great strength, then, is best spent on modest, careful steps. Keep your center, resist the urge to leap, and let steady small wins prepare the ground for something larger later.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 2 of 34 Great Manifestation
Circumstances are starting to open up and conditions keep getting better. Still, stay centered and keep persevering to get the results you want.
Constancy brings good fortune.
- Line 1 of 34 Great Manifestation
Despite your excellent qualities, some unfavorable situations still won't let you move forward. Don't push. Work through the obstacles one by one, and circumstances will give way in the end.
Strength in the toes. Setting out brings misfortune. There is sincere trust.
- The judgment of 34 Great Manifestation
You have what it takes to carry out big projects and achieve extraordinary things. Still, you need to stay active and keep persevering. Thinking and acting in harmony will keep you holding to what is right and will make your achievements last.
Constancy is favorable.
- The judgment of 62 Success in Small Matters
This isn't a time for great things; it's a time for small achievements. Recognizing that will help you live in step with the moment. Trying to go beyond your present means and resources will lead you astray and waste your efforts.
Success. Constancy is favorable. Small things can be done, not great ones. The flying bird leaves its call behind: it is not fitting to rise, it is fitting to descend. Great good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
62 Success in Small Matters → 34 Great Manifestationlines 1 and 2
Other transformations of Great Manifestation
- 40Clearing Obstacleslines 1 and 3
- 51Shocklines 2 and 3
- 46Going Uplines 1 and 4
- 36Darknesslines 2 and 4
- 19Fleeting Successlines 3 and 4
- 28Excesseslines 1 and 5
- 49Renewallines 2 and 5
- 58Inner Peacelines 3 and 5
- 5Inactionlines 4 and 5
- 50The Vessel of Nourishmentlines 1 and 6
- 30The Flamelines 2 and 6
- 38Oppositeslines 3 and 6
- 26Great Achievementslines 4 and 6
- 1Activitylines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.