Transformation · lines 5 and 6
Great Manifestation becomes Activity
What this change means
Thunder above becomes Heaven as the fifth and top lines move, and the whole figure turns to pure creative force. The top line leads with a warning: pushing without thinking or listening runs you into a wall where you can't advance or retreat. Recognizing that early lets you change course. The fifth line shows the better way: do without force, move toward your goals without haste or strain, and let a good wave carry you. The resulting hexagram, 1 Activity, describes the new beginning and flourishing this opens, with the qualities needed to carry a project to success. Strength at its fullest doesn't need to butt fences. Stop where you're stuck, let go of strain, and let the current that's already moving take you forward.
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 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 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 1 Activity
The creative principle. Activity. New beginnings, flourishing, and the qualities you need to carry any undertaking or project through to success.
Great success. Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
1 Activity → 34 Great Manifestationlines 5 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
- 38Oppositeslines 3 and 6
- 26Great Achievementslines 4 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.