Transformation · lines 3 and 6
Great Manifestation becomes Opposites
What this change means
Fire above, the Lake below, each moving away from the other: the third and top lines change, and both show a ram caught in a fence. The top line leads. Charging ahead without reflection or feedback brings you to a wall, and only seeing that in time lets you change course. The third line names the cause: showing off your power invites hostility. The resulting hexagram, 38 Opposites, describes the setting. You're among people unlike yourself, yet you have to share the work with them, so what you can achieve now is small. Don't give in, and don't try to overpower them either. Keep your own nature, let them keep theirs, and contribute to what you share. Here strength is shown by restraint and by listening.
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 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.
- 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 38 Opposites
You're in a situation of opposition: the people around you are different from you, yet you need to share with them. This means that what you can achieve for now is small. Even so, don't give in. It matters that both you and they keep your own nature and contribute from there to a shared project.
In small matters, good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
38 Opposites → 34 Great Manifestationlines 3 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
- 30The Flamelines 2 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.