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Transformation · lines 3 and 5

Lack of Firmness becomes Transition

姤 44 Lack of Firmness 未濟 64 Transition
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Fire above and Water below, not yet in their places, appear as the fifth and third lines move. The fifth leads: your inner worth lets you transform unsuitable people and even your own harmful habits. The third admits the struggle beneath it, a temptation to let adverse influences shape you, which will take great effort to resist. Lack of Firmness is the setting, a warning against assuming you're in control. The resulting hexagram, 64 Transition, describes things coming together for success, though some pieces haven't fallen into place, so alertness matters and immature mistakes can still pull you off course. Together they describe a process underway. You have the strength to change, but the change isn't finished. Keep resisting the pull, stay watchful, and don't declare victory over an old habit too early.

What to read, in order

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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  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. The judgment of 64 Transition

    Things are coming together so that success can arrive and you can take on great projects, but some things still haven't fallen into place. So stay alert, so you don't make mistakes born of immaturity, or you'll drift from your goals. This can happen even after you've gotten what you want: you stop, you hesitate, and mistakes happen.

    Success. The little fox has nearly crossed and wets its tail. Nothing is favorable.

The trigrams

Below Wind Water
Above Heaven Fire

The way back

64 Transition → 44 Lack of Firmness
lines 3 and 5

Other transformations of Lack of Firmness

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