Lack of Firmness becomes Well-Being

What to read, in order

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

1. ●Line 2 of 11 Well-Being, which stays still

   It's favorable to take decisive action that gets you out of your comfort zone and to recognize the people around you. There's no need to push anyone away; it's enough to know each person's nature.

   Embracing the untilled. Wading across the river; not forgetting the distant; leaving friends behind. So it is honored on the middle way.

2. ●Line 3 of 11 Well-Being, which stays still

   There will be ups and downs. Don't despair: enjoy the calm moments and act with caution in the face of danger.

   No plain without a slope, no going without return. Constancy in hardship: no fault. Do not grieve over its truth; in eating there is blessing.

3. The judgment of 44 Lack of Firmness

   You're surrounded by unsuitable people or situations. You know it, but you think you have the power to control them and don't take them very seriously; it may even be a bad habit. If you don't pay attention and set firm limits, they'll take control over you and you won't be able to pull away.

   The woman is strong. Do not take her as a wife.

4. Line 1 of 44 Lack of Firmness

   When something or someone you'd be better off without comes into your life, put distance between you quickly, before it gains power.

   Tied to a metal brake. Constancy brings good fortune. If it has somewhere to go, it will meet misfortune. A lean pig, surely, paws and paces.

5. Line 4 of 44 Lack of Firmness

   For now it's better to keep adverse people close, as long as you know how to set limits with them; they may be useful to you at some point.

   In the wrapping there is no fish. Setting off brings misfortune.

6. Line 5 of 44 Lack of Firmness

   Right now, thanks to your inner worth, you're able to transform unsuitable people and even your own harmful habits.

   Willow branches wrap the melon. Beauty kept within: something falls from heaven.

7. Line 6 of 44 Lack of Firmness

   Your distance from unsuitable people makes you look proud and aloof, but that's better than getting involved with them.

   Meeting with the horns. Distress. No fault.

8. The judgment of 11 Well-Being

   A period of well-being, harmony and understanding is coming, and you can enjoy it. People and situations that weren't good for you are moving away, and in their place come people and situations that bring blessings and support. Heaven grants its gifts.

   The small goes, the great comes. Good fortune. Success.

The trigrams

The way back

Other transformations of Lack of Firmness

• → 42Increaselines 1, 2, 3, and 4
• → 21Bitinglines 1, 2, 3, and 5
• → 22Good Mannerslines 1, 2, 4, and 5
• → 41Decreaselines 1, 3, 4, and 5
• → 23The Falllines 2, 3, 4, and 5
• → 17Adaptinglines 1, 2, 3, and 6
• → 63After the Endlines 1, 2, 4, and 6
• → 60Thriftlines 1, 3, 4, and 6
• → 8Unionlines 2, 3, 4, and 6
• → 55Abundancelines 1, 2, 5, and 6
• → 54A Subordinate Rolelines 1, 3, 5, and 6
• → 16Passionlines 2, 3, 5, and 6
• → 15Simplicitylines 2, 4, 5, and 6
• → 7The Armylines 3, 4, 5, and 6