Transformation · lines 2 and 6
Great Manifestation becomes The Flame
What this change means
Fire doubles as the second and top lines move, and both trigrams become bright. The top line leads: if you keep pushing without reflection or feedback, you hit a wall where you can neither advance nor retreat. Taking in the difficulty and changing course early is what helps. The second line gives the remedy. Conditions are improving; stay centered and keep persevering. The resulting hexagram, 30 The Flame, describes the clarity that follows when you stop ramming and start seeing. Your inner sense guides you toward your goals, and a generous attitude, one that shares your light, tends to increase what you gain. Put plainly: listen before you charge, keep to your center, and let insight rather than force light the way. Brightness, not pressure, is your tool now.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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.
- 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 30 The Flame
There's clarity in what you do: your inner self guides you toward your goals. A generous attitude helps you, one that leads you to share your light, and this will increase your gains and achievements.
Constancy is favorable. Success. Raising a cow brings good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
30 The Flame → 34 Great Manifestationlines 2 and 6
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
- 36Darknesslines 2 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
- 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.