Transformation · lines 2, 4, and 5

Great Manifestation becomes After the End

Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Water stands over Fire as the second, fourth and fifth lines move, and everything seems to fall into place. With three moving lines, neither judgment leads. Your strength, according to the starting one, is sufficient for great things, so long as you stay active, persevere, and keep your thoughts and deeds aligned. The resulting hexagram, 63 After the End, describes a success that tends to be passing. Everything seems to favor you, and then a period of stagnation follows; preparing ahead can soften it. Combined, they ask for perseverance with foresight. Enjoy what's done, but don't confuse a peak with a plateau. Keep your effort steady, set something aside, and think about the slower stretch before it arrives. The strong move now is to plan for the lull.

What to read, in order

Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.

  1. 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.

  2. The judgment of 63 After the End

    You're in a situation where you'll have a passing success: everything seems to be in your favor, and at the end comes a period of stagnation. If you prepare for it ahead of time, you'll be able to soften its effects.

    Success in small things. Constancy is favorable. At first, good fortune; in the end, disorder.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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

Below Heaven Fire
Above Thunder Water

The way back

63 After the End → 34 Great Manifestation
lines 2, 4, and 5

Other transformations of Great Manifestation

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