Transformation · lines 1, 3, and 5
Great Manifestation becomes Overwhelmed
What this change means
The lake runs dry as the first, third and fifth lines move, Water slipping below and Lake settling above. Read both judgments with equal care. The starting one affirms your strength: you can accomplish a great deal if you stay active, keep persevering, and keep thought and action united. The resulting hexagram, 47 Overwhelmed, describes a harsh setting for that strength. Circumstances are very much against you, the wrong people are around, your words may not be believed, and obstacles close in. For now, accept it and wait for better conditions. Your deepest resource is your inner light. The two meet in a single instruction: keep your integrity and your steady effort, but don't spend your strength fighting the moment. Endure, stay true, and let conditions shift.
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 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 47 Overwhelmed
Things are very much against you: the wrong people surround you, no one believes what you say, and obstacles hem you in. All you can do is accept it and wait for better conditions to come. Your only resource is the inner light that lives in you; turn to that strength to hold you up right now.
Success. For the great person, constancy brings good fortune. No fault. They speak and are not believed.
- 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 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.
The trigrams
The way back
47 Overwhelmed → 34 Great Manifestationlines 1, 3, and 5
Other transformations of Great Manifestation
- 16Passionlines 1, 2, and 3
- 15Simplicitylines 1, 2, and 4
- 7The Armylines 1, 3, and 4
- 24Coming Backlines 2, 3, and 4
- 31Attractionlines 1, 2, and 5
- 17Adaptinglines 2, 3, and 5
- 48Right Actionlines 1, 4, and 5
- 63After the Endlines 2, 4, and 5
- 60Thriftlines 3, 4, and 5
- 56The Travelerlines 1, 2, and 6
- 64Transitionlines 1, 3, and 6
- 21Bitinglines 2, 3, and 6
- 18Loss, Then Gainlines 1, 4, and 6
- 22Good Mannerslines 2, 4, and 6
- 41Decreaselines 3, 4, and 6
- 44Lack of Firmnesslines 1, 5, and 6
- 13Gathering with Equalslines 2, 5, and 6
- 10Treading Carefullylines 3, 5, and 6
- 9Small Thingslines 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.