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Transformation · lines 2 and 4

Overflowing becomes After the End

夬 43 Overflowing 既濟 63 After the End
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Fire rises beneath and Water settles above as the second and fourth lines move, with the fourth leading. That fourth line describes the urge to push forward regardless, ignoring counsel, and the trouble it brings. The second line offers the remedy: act with decision, but read the signs and take precautions when they call for it. Overflowing is a time of pressure that needs to be let out with care. The resulting hexagram, 63 After the End, describes a passing success: things seem to line up in your favor, and afterward a quieter, stagnant period tends to follow. Preparing for that ahead of time softens its effects. So enjoy what goes well without assuming it will continue. Listen when others warn you, keep watch, and use the good moment to put things in order for the slower time that comes next.

What to read, in order

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

  1. 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.

  2. Line 2 of 43 Overflowing

    Act decisively, but pay attention to the signs so you can take precautions when needed.

    A cry of alarm. At nightfall there are weapons: do not worry.

  3. 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.

  4. The judgment of 63 After the End

    You're in a situation where you'll have a passing success: everything seems to be in your favor, and at the end comes a period of stagnation. If you prepare for it ahead of time, you'll be able to soften its effects.

    Success in small things. Constancy is favorable. At first, good fortune; in the end, disorder.

The trigrams

Below Heaven Fire
Above Lake Water

The way back

63 After the End → 43 Overflowing
lines 2 and 4

Other transformations of Overflowing

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