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Transformation · lines 2, 3, 4, and 6

Lack of Firmness becomes Union

姤 44 Lack of Firmness 比 8 Union
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Water on the earth replaces wind under heaven as the second, third, fourth and top lines move, giving 8 Union. In it, the first and fifth lines don't move, and the reading leans on them. The first says simply that the right help will come. The fifth says those who can help you will come naturally, and it's no use pressing someone who is reluctant. Coming out of Lack of Firmness, where the wrong people were kept close, this turns to the right ones. Stop investing in relationships that resist you or drain you. Make room, and trust that genuine support tends to arrive. Join with those who share your aims. When your circle is built on real alignment, the unsuitable influences have far less room to operate.

What to read, in order

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

  1. Line 1 of 8 Union, which stays still

    The right help will come.

    There is sincere trust: join with them. No fault. Sincere trust fills the earthen jar; in the end something more arrives. Good fortune.

  2. Line 5 of 8 Union, which stays still

    Those who can help you will come naturally. Don't keep seeking help from someone who is reluctant to give it.

    Open union. The king hunts, driving from three sides, and lets the game in front escape. The townspeople are not alarmed. Good fortune.

  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 2 of 44 Lack of Firmness

    You recognize the adverse person or condition in your life. You need to keep it under control, not with violence but with firmness, so its influence doesn't spread.

    In the wrapping there is fish. No fault. Not favorable for guests.

  5. Line 3 of 44 Lack of Firmness

    You know adverse conditions or people exist and you can recognize them, but you're tempted to let them influence you. It will take a great effort to set them aside.

    Buttocks without skin; the walk falters. Danger. No great fault.

  6. 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.

  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 8 Union

    Right now success lies in joining with people who are aligned with your project and who are a support for you. But it's important that you, too, have the qualities needed to carry it out; that's why you can toss the coins once more to find out whether you have those qualities.

    Good fortune. Consult the oracle again: great and lasting constancy. No fault. The restless come from every side. The one who comes late: misfortune.

The trigrams

Below Wind Earth
Above Heaven Water

The way back

8 Union → 44 Lack of Firmness
lines 2, 3, 4, and 6

Other transformations of Lack of Firmness

Make your own cast

The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.

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