Transformation · lines 5 and 6
Lack of Firmness becomes What Lasts
What this change means
Thunder sounds above the wind as the top and fifth lines move, the top line leading. It holds that distance from unsuitable people may look like pride, but it's better than involvement. The fifth line says your inner worth now lets you transform those people, and even your own harmful habits. Lack of Firmness warns against underestimating such influences. The resulting hexagram, 32 What Lasts, asks for action with clear goals and steady direction, so that achievements grow and endure. Together they describe lasting change from a position of strength. Keep the distance you need, without apology, and let your inner worth do its slow work on what you can influence. Set your course and keep to it. Changes made consistently over time last far longer than dramatic resolutions that fade.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 32 What Lasts
This moment asks you for action, not stillness. It asks you to have clear goals to head toward and to act in line with them. That way you'll achieve things, and your achievements will keep growing and will last.
Success. No fault. Constancy is favorable. It is favorable to have somewhere to go.
The trigrams
The way back
32 What Lasts → 44 Lack of Firmnesslines 5 and 6
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
- 56The Travelerlines 2 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
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.