Transformation · lines 3 and 5

Great Manifestation becomes Inner Peace

Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Lake joins Lake as the third and fifth lines move, and thunder and sky both melt into still water. The fifth line leads: let go of force and move toward your goals without haste, letting a favorable wave carry you. The third line warns against the opposite impulse. Showing off your power right now, like a ram butting a fence, tends to bring hostility and trouble. The resulting hexagram, 58 Inner Peace, describes the state these two lines point to: a calm from which great things become possible. Time with people of a similar energy can recharge you. Still, keep your goals in sight, or ease turns into inertia. Put down the urge to prove yourself, enjoy the good current, and stay pointed where you mean to go.

What to read, in order

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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. The judgment of 58 Inner Peace

    You're in a time of calm and inner peace that lets you achieve great things. Spending time with people whose energy is like yours will nourish and recharge you to reach your aims. Still, don't lose sight of your goals, or you'll slide into inertia.

    Success. Constancy is favorable.

The trigrams

Below Heaven Lake
Above Thunder Lake

The way back

58 Inner Peace → 34 Great Manifestation
lines 3 and 5

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