Transformation · lines 1, 3, 4, and 6

Overflowing becomes Release from Obstacles

夬 43 Overflowing 渙 59 Release from Obstacles

Starting hexagram

Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Water below and Wind above form when the first, third, fourth and top lines move, giving 59 Release from Obstacles. Of its lines, the second and fifth stand still, and they speak here. The second says that recognizing you've isolated yourself and drifted from shared aims will help you get past what's blocking you. Its fifth says that in times of division and widespread selfishness, unity should be the goal, even if it means yielding more than feels fair. From Overflowing, a time of buildup and needed release, this becomes a call to reconnect. Ask yourself where you've pulled away. Bring people back around a common purpose, and be humble about it. Let the current carry you rather than fighting it, and give a little more than you think you must.

What to read, in order

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

Line 2 of 59 Release from Obstacles, which stays still
Recognizing that you've isolated yourself and pulled away from shared purposes will help you get past the obstacles.

In the scattering, it runs to its support. Regret vanishes.
Line 5 of 59 Release from Obstacles, which stays still
In times of deep division and widespread selfishness, make unity your aim, even if it means yielding more than you think you should.

Scatters its great proclamation like sweat. Scatters the dwelling of the king. No fault.
The judgment of 43 Overflowing
It's a time of excessive buildup: some situations are about to get out of control and overwhelm you, both personally and in your relationships. You need to bring what's happening into the open, but without speaking about it directly; watch your words so you don't provoke reactions. It's a time to act generously to ease the tension that's there.

It is proclaimed in the king's court. A sincere cry: there is danger. Word comes from one's own city. It is not favorable to take up arms. It is favorable to have somewhere to go.
Line 1 of 43 Overflowing
It's time to act slowly but firmly; acting in a hurry will make circumstances stop you.

Strength in the front toes. Going without prevailing is a fault.
Line 3 of 43 Overflowing
This is a time when circumstances lead you to ally with people who aren't fully trustworthy. If you act clearly and don't lose your integrity despite the gossip, you'll succeed.

Strength in the cheekbones: there is misfortune. The noble person, resolute, resolute, walks alone and is caught in the rain; soaked, there is resentment. No fault.
Line 4 of 43 Overflowing
You want to push ahead at all costs at a time when it isn't wise, and you refuse to listen to advice. That will lead you into trouble.

Buttocks without skin; the walk falters. Leading the ram by a rope: regret vanishes. Hears words and does not believe them.
Line 6 of 43 Overflowing
In a moment of success and achievement you can't relax, because there are people undermining what you've achieved, and they'll lead you to loss.

No cry. In the end, misfortune.
The judgment of 59 Release from Obstacles
You can free yourself from the obstacles that hold you back if you're able to act sincerely and bring opposites together around shared goals. The tension has arisen because selfishness rules. To move forward, be humble and let the current carry you rather than going against it.

Success. The king goes to his temple. It is favorable to cross the great river. Constancy is favorable.

The trigrams

Below Heaven Water

Above Lake Wind

The way back

59 Release from Obstacles → 43 Overflowing
lines 1, 3, 4, and 6

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