Cambios

Transformation · lines 4 and 6

Decrease becomes A Subordinate Role

損 41 Decrease 歸妹 54 A Subordinate Role
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Thunder now sounds above the lake as the fourth and top lines move. The top line leads: give freely and selflessly, and the support and blessings you receive tend to grow with each gift. The fourth line turns inward: tend to your own faults, and the burden they cause eases fast. The resulting hexagram, 54 A Subordinate Role, sets these gifts in a humble frame. You have to take second place to others for now, and any personal initiative is likely to fail. Recognize the moment and act in keeping with it until things change. That isn't as bleak as it sounds. Helping others without needing to lead them suits this time well, and inner work can go on whatever your position. Serve generously, improve yourself quietly, and avoid pushing your own agenda. A better position tends to come to those who use the waiting well.

What to read, in order

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

  1. Line 6 of 41 Decrease

    You're in a position to help others generously and selflessly. The more you do it, the more blessings from heaven will come.

    Without taking from it, it is added to. No fault. Constancy brings good fortune. It is favorable to have somewhere to go. Gains servants who have no house of their own.

  2. Line 4 of 41 Decrease

    If you work on improving yourself, you'll raise your vibration and also draw people in tune with it.

    Lessens the ailment; let joy come quickly. No fault.

  3. The judgment of 41 Decrease

    It's a time for moderation and saving: conserving your resources and energy matters a great deal now. A period of growth will follow, but for now you need to stay aware and avoid excess of every kind while you get ready to take on big projects.

    There is sincere trust. Great good fortune. No fault. Constancy is possible. It is favorable to have somewhere to go. What to offer? Two bowls will do for the offering.

  4. The judgment of 54 A Subordinate Role

    You're in a situation where you have to take second place to others; any personal initiative will lead to failure. Recognizing the moment and acting in keeping with it is all you can do until things change and you're in a better position.

    Setting out brings misfortune. Nothing is favorable.

The trigrams

Below Lake stays
Above Mountain Thunder

The way back

54 A Subordinate Role → 41 Decrease
lines 4 and 6

Other transformations of Decrease

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