Transformation · lines 2, 3, 5, and 6
Great Manifestation becomes Innocence
What this change means
Thunder moves under Heaven as four lines change, and the first and fourth lines of 25 Innocence, which stay still, guide the reading. The first asks you to follow the way of the heart, which knows what's right in each moment and can lead you to success. The fourth says no one can take what truly belongs to you, so keep acting rightly, when the moment calls for it, and the harvest will come. Your strength now turns from outward push to inner clarity. You don't need to grab, defend, or prove. Act with a pure heart, without hidden motives, and trust that what's yours will stay yours. Steady, honest action, well timed, is all that's asked of you here, and it's enough.
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 25 Innocence, which stays still
Follow the way of the heart: it will always know what is right at each moment. This will lead you to success.
Without falseness. Going brings good fortune.
- Line 4 of 25 Innocence, which stays still
No one can take from you what belongs to you, so keep doing the right thing at the right time, and you'll reap the fruits.
Constancy is possible. No fault.
- 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 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 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.
- 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 25 Innocence
If you act with a pure heart, free of hidden motives and without straying from what is right, true to original human nature, you'll let the blessings of heaven reach you. Otherwise you'll meet obstacles and your affairs will become difficult.
Great success. Constancy is favorable. If it is not upright, there is calamity. It is not favorable to have somewhere to go.
The trigrams
The way back
25 Innocence → 34 Great Manifestationlines 2, 3, 5, and 6
Other transformations of Great Manifestation
- 2Passivitylines 1, 2, 3, and 4
- 45Meetinglines 1, 2, 3, and 5
- 39Held Backlines 1, 2, 4, and 5
- 29Waterlines 1, 3, 4, and 5
- 3Initial Obstacleslines 2, 3, 4, and 5
- 35Advancelines 1, 2, 3, and 6
- 52Abidinglines 1, 2, 4, and 6
- 4Immaturitylines 1, 3, 4, and 6
- 27Nourishmentlines 2, 3, 4, and 6
- 33Leaving Behindlines 1, 2, 5, and 6
- 6Conflictlines 1, 3, 5, and 6
- 57Gentlenesslines 1, 4, 5, and 6
- 37The Tribelines 2, 4, 5, and 6
- 61Inner Integritylines 3, 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.