Transformation · lines 2 and 5
Lack of Firmness becomes The Traveler
What this change means
Fire burns on the mountain as the fifth and second lines move. The fifth leads, saying your inner worth now lets you change unsuitable people and your own harmful habits. The second shows the method: keep what's adverse under control, with firmness rather than force, so it doesn't spread. Lack of Firmness warns that what you take lightly can take over. The resulting hexagram, 56 The Traveler, describes a time of small achievements and change, new places or situations that ask you to adapt, travel light, and be gracious as you make new connections. Together they suggest you're moving through unfamiliar ground with a real inner strength. Don't cling to old ties or old habits just because they're familiar. Hold firm where needed, stay flexible elsewhere, and let your example do the transforming as you settle somewhere new.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The judgment of 56 The Traveler
It's a time of small achievements. Keep a light, flexible attitude. You may be facing a period of change, new places or situations that ask you to adapt while they settle: let go of attachments and be gracious as you make new connections and your situation takes hold.
Small success. For the traveler, constancy brings good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
56 The Traveler → 44 Lack of Firmnesslines 2 and 5
Other transformations of Lack of Firmness
- 13Gathering with Equalslines 1 and 2
- 10Treading Carefullylines 1 and 3
- 12Declinelines 2 and 3
- 9Small Thingslines 1 and 4
- 53Gradual Progresslines 2 and 4
- 59Release from Obstacleslines 3 and 4
- 14Wealthlines 1 and 5
- 64Transitionlines 3 and 5
- 18Loss, Then Gainlines 4 and 5
- 43Overflowinglines 1 and 6
- 31Attractionlines 2 and 6
- 47Overwhelmedlines 3 and 6
- 48Right Actionlines 4 and 6
- 32What Lastslines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.