Transformation · lines 3, 4, and 5
Great Manifestation becomes Thrift
What this change means
Water above the Lake: the third, fourth and fifth lines move, and power is asked to accept a measure. The judgments share the weight evenly. The starting one holds that big achievements are within your reach if you stay active, persevere, and keep thinking and acting in harmony. The resulting hexagram, 60 Thrift, adds discipline. Save your time, energy and resources now so you're prepared for what's coming; then challenges can be met with much less strain. Strength and economy aren't opposites. The strongest position is often the one that hasn't spent everything. Keep working, but set limits on how much you pour out at once, and hold a reserve for the moments that will need it. Measure is a form of power.
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 60 Thrift
It's a time to conserve your time, energy and resources so you're ready for what lies ahead. If you do, when challenges arrive you'll be prepared and will overcome them easily.
Success. Bitter measure cannot be kept up with constancy.
- 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 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 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
60 Thrift → 34 Great Manifestationlines 3, 4, 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
- 47Overwhelmedlines 1, 3, and 5
- 17Adaptinglines 2, 3, and 5
- 48Right Actionlines 1, 4, and 5
- 63After the Endlines 2, 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.