Transformation · lines 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Great Manifestation becomes Release from Obstacles
What this change means
Wind moves over Water as five lines change and only the second stays. The still second line of 59 Release from Obstacles carries the reading: recognizing that you've isolated yourself and drifted from shared purposes will help you get past the obstacles. The hexagram as a whole says you can free yourself from what holds you back by acting sincerely and bringing opposites together around common goals; the tension comes from selfishness. Strength used alone has pulled you apart from others. Notice where that happened. Be humble, go with the current, and reconnect with the purposes you share with the people around you. The way out of the blockage leads back toward them. Shared aims will carry you further than solitary force.
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 59 Release from Obstacles, which stays still
Recognizing that you've isolated yourself and pulled away from shared purposes will help you get past the obstacles.
In the scattering, it runs to its support. Regret vanishes.
- 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.
- 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.
- Line 3 of 34 Great Manifestation
If you show off your power and your achievements right now, you'll draw hostile looks and bad situations your way.
The petty person uses strength; the noble person does not. Constancy is in danger. A ram butts the fence and tangles its horns.
- Line 4 of 34 Great Manifestation
Adverse circumstances give way before your persistence. If you rely on your inner power, you'll be able to move toward great achievements.
Constancy brings good fortune. Regret vanishes. The fence gives way, and nothing tangles. Strength in the axle of the great cart.
- Line 5 of 34 Great Manifestation
This is a favorable moment when you can do without force and head toward your goals without haste or strain: the good wave will carry you to success.
Loses the ram at Yi. No regret.
- Line 6 of 34 Great Manifestation
If you push ahead without thinking and without taking in feedback, you reach a point that becomes a wall and blocks your way. Being aware of this before you go too far will let you change course.
A ram butts the fence: it can't go back, it can't go on. Nothing is favorable. Taking on the hardship: good fortune.
- The judgment of 59 Release from Obstacles
You can free yourself from the obstacles that hold you back if you're able to act sincerely and bring opposites together around shared goals. The tension has arisen because selfishness rules. To move forward, be humble and let the current carry you rather than going against it.
Success. The king goes to his temple. It is favorable to cross the great river. Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
59 Release from Obstacles → 34 Great Manifestationlines 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Other transformations of Great Manifestation
Make your own cast
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