What this change means
Strength rising into the face, a lone walker caught in the rain: the third line is the heart of this reading. Circumstances push you into alliances with people who aren't fully trustworthy, and gossip may follow. What carries you through is clarity and integrity; if you keep both, this line says you can still succeed. Within Overflowing, where tensions have built up and need careful handling, this is a test of character more than of strength. As Heaven below turns into Lake, the whole figure becomes lake upon lake, and the resulting hexagram, 58 Inner Peace, opens a calmer time in which great things become possible. Time with people whose energy matches yours can recharge you. Two cautions remain. Choose carefully whom you lean on, and don't let the new calm slide into inertia. Keep your goals in sight, act cleanly, and let others' talk pass without answering it in kind.
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 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.
- 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.
- The judgment of 58 Inner Peace
You're in a time of calm and inner peace that lets you achieve great things. Spending time with people whose energy is like yours will nourish and recharge you to reach your aims. Still, don't lose sight of your goals, or you'll slide into inertia.
Success. Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
58 Inner Peace → 43 Overflowingline 3
Other transformations of Overflowing
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.