Transformation · lines 1 and 3
Increase becomes Gradual Progress
What this change means
Thunder becomes mountain under the wind as the first and third lines move: a tree on the heights, growing by degrees. The third line leads. Blessings can hide inside difficult moments, and what matters is how you go through them, honestly and with balance. The first line adds momentum: it's a good moment to take on an important project. The resulting hexagram, 53 Gradual Progress, sets the pace. Progress will come step by step, through stages that make it solid and lasting, and trying to hurry tends to bring delays. Together these tell you that your big undertaking is favored, but not as a sprint. Expect bumps along the way and treat them as part of the climb. Do each stage properly before moving to the next. Growth that is earned slowly, through patient and correct effort, tends to hold where a quick gain would slip.
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 42 Increase
Good fortune surrounds you: even in situations that might seem hard, there are hidden blessings. What matters is doing things the right way.
Increased through unhappy events. No fault. There is sincere trust; walking the middle way, they come before the duke with the jade tablet.
- Line 1 of 42 Increase
It's a good moment to carry out important projects.
It is favorable to undertake a great work. Great good fortune. No fault.
- The judgment of 42 Increase
You're in a time of gain and growth: your projects will grow and prosper. At times like this it's important to keep your inner integrity, follow the example of people who have the qualities you want to gain, and get rid of the traits that have caused you trouble before. Overall, it's a time of achievement and generosity.
It is favorable to have somewhere to go. It is favorable to cross the great river.
- The judgment of 53 Gradual Progress
You'll make progress, and it will come step by step, gradually, through stages that make it lasting and stable. Trying to speed things up will bring delays and obstacles. Keep at it, one rung at a time.
The woman goes to be married: good fortune. Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
53 Gradual Progress → 42 Increaselines 1 and 3
Other transformations of Increase
- 59Release from Obstacleslines 1 and 2
- 9Small Thingslines 2 and 3
- 12Declinelines 1 and 4
- 10Treading Carefullylines 2 and 4
- 13Gathering with Equalslines 3 and 4
- 23The Falllines 1 and 5
- 41Decreaselines 2 and 5
- 22Good Mannerslines 3 and 5
- 21Bitinglines 4 and 5
- 8Unionlines 1 and 6
- 60Thriftlines 2 and 6
- 63After the Endlines 3 and 6
- 17Adaptinglines 4 and 6
- 24Coming Backlines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.