Cambios

Transformation · lines 3 and 6

Lack of Firmness becomes Overwhelmed

姤 44 Lack of Firmness 困 47 Overwhelmed
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Water drains from the lake as the top and third lines move, the top one leading. It says that keeping clear of unsuitable people may make you look proud, but it's better than involvement. The third admits the temptation underneath: you're drawn to let those influences in, and resisting will take great effort. Lack of Firmness frames the struggle, warning that what you underestimate tends to take control. The resulting hexagram, 47 Overwhelmed, describes a hard stretch: the wrong people around you, your words not believed, obstacles hemming you in, with only your inner light to rely on. So this may feel lonely. Keeping your distance can leave you isolated, and the pull to give in may be strong. Accept the hardship, hold on to that inner light, and wait for better conditions rather than giving way.

What to read, in order

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

  1. 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.

  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 47 Overwhelmed

    Things are very much against you: the wrong people surround you, no one believes what you say, and obstacles hem you in. All you can do is accept it and wait for better conditions to come. Your only resource is the inner light that lives in you; turn to that strength to hold you up right now.

    Success. For the great person, constancy brings good fortune. No fault. They speak and are not believed.

The trigrams

Below Wind Water
Above Heaven Lake

The way back

47 Overwhelmed → 44 Lack of Firmness
lines 3 and 6

Other transformations of Lack of Firmness

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