Transformation · lines 1 and 3
Clearing Obstacles becomes Great Manifestation
What this change means
With the first and third lines moving, the rain below becomes Heaven, and Clearing Obstacles turns into 34 Great Manifestation, thunder above the sky. The third line leads, and it's a warning: boasting and acting high-handed after a success draws envy and quarrels that can strip away your gains. The first line offers the antidote, a quiet rest in which you recover your strength without any fault. Both point toward restraint at a moment of power. The resulting hexagram says you have what it takes for big projects and extraordinary things, provided you stay active, persevere, and keep thinking and acting in harmony so you hold to what's right. Strength like this is easy to waste on display. Rest first, then use it for the work itself. Let your results speak without inflating them, and you'll keep what you've earned.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 3 of 40 Clearing Obstacles
If you act high-handed and boast about your achievements, exaggerating them, you'll draw quarrels and envy that threaten to take away what you've gained.
Carries a load on the back and rides in a carriage: this brings raiders. Constancy brings distress.
- Line 1 of 40 Clearing Obstacles
With the obstacles behind you, take a rest for now so you can recover your strength to keep going.
No fault.
- The judgment of 40 Clearing Obstacles
The obstacles have been overcome one by one. You're in a time when balance matters: act quickly and decisively as far as you can, without overrating your abilities. If you feel you need a rest, or even to step back before going on, do it.
The southwest is favorable. With nowhere to go, coming back brings good fortune. With somewhere to go, going early 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 trigrams
The way back
34 Great Manifestation → 40 Clearing Obstacleslines 1 and 3
Other transformations of Clearing Obstacles
- 51Shocklines 1 and 2
- 62Success in Small Matterslines 2 and 3
- 19Fleeting Successlines 1 and 4
- 2Passivitylines 2 and 4
- 46Going Uplines 3 and 4
- 58Inner Peacelines 1 and 5
- 45Meetinglines 2 and 5
- 28Excesseslines 3 and 5
- 29Waterlines 4 and 5
- 38Oppositeslines 1 and 6
- 35Advancelines 2 and 6
- 50The Vessel of Nourishmentlines 3 and 6
- 4Immaturitylines 4 and 6
- 6Conflictlines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.