Transformation · lines 2 and 4
Great Manifestation becomes Darkness
What this change means
Light sinks below the earth as the second and fourth lines move, and the strong figure turns into one that hides its brightness. The fourth line leads: obstacles yield to persistence, and relying on inner strength can take you far. The second line asks you to stay centered and keep going while conditions improve. Then comes the resulting hexagram, 36 Darkness, and with it a sobering note. The surroundings may be harder than they look, perhaps forcing you to live alongside the wrong people. If you protect yourself, keep your integrity, and avoid displaying your light and talents openly, you can stay safe until better times come. Your strength is real, but now it works best unseen. Persist quietly, keep your center, and remember that hard stretches pass too.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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 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.
- 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 36 Darkness
It's a dark time: circumstances force you to live alongside the wrong people. If you know how to protect yourself, hold on to your integrity, and go unnoticed, without openly showing your light and your talents, you'll stay safe until better times come. However hard they seem, hard times pass too.
Constancy in hardship is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
36 Darkness → 34 Great Manifestationlines 2 and 4
Other transformations of Great Manifestation
- 62Success in Small Matterslines 1 and 2
- 40Clearing Obstacleslines 1 and 3
- 51Shocklines 2 and 3
- 46Going Uplines 1 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.