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Transformation · lines 1, 4, 5, and 6

Meeting becomes Nourishment

萃 45 Meeting 頤 27 Nourishment
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

A mountain above thunder, the open jaws: with four lines moving, the focus goes to the unchanged second and third lines of the resulting hexagram, 27 Nourishment. The second warns that waiting for others to fix your affairs, and acting only for yourself, doesn't go well. The third asks you to watch the balance between worldly and higher nourishment, since tending only to the first, and overindulging, brings misfortune. The resulting hexagram is about caring for body and spirit, and about giving as well as receiving. Coming from Meeting, this becomes a check on what the gathering feeds. Don't lean on the group to carry you. Look after your own needs, without excess, and offer something back. If the meeting has become mostly pleasure or comfort, bring in something deeper too. What you take in shapes what you can give, so choose it with care and share the good of it.

What to read, in order

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

  1. Line 2 of 27 Nourishment, which stays still

    Expecting others to sort out your affairs and acting selfishly isn't favorable.

    Jaws turned upside down: against the norm. Seeking sustenance from the hill. Setting out brings misfortune.

  2. Line 3 of 27 Nourishment, which stays still

    Watch the balance between your worldly food and your higher food closely: tending only to the first, and overindulging, brings misfortune.

    Going against sustenance. Even with constancy, misfortune. For ten years, do not act. Nothing is favorable.

  3. The judgment of 45 Meeting

    A very favorable situation is coming, with everything ready for you to take the next step toward your goals. You can ask for help and meet with those who will support you. It's a time to take on important things, do some kind of spiritual practice, and prepare in case anything unexpected happens.

    Success. The king comes to his temple. It is favorable to see the great person. Success. Constancy is favorable. Offering large animals brings good fortune. It is favorable to have somewhere to go.

  4. Line 1 of 45 Meeting

    You know you need to meet with people who will support you, but you're unsure whether to do it. If you finally make up your mind and act, you'll get help.

    There is sincere trust, but not to the end: now disorder, now gathering. If you cry out, one clasp of the hand and laughter returns. Do not worry. Going: no fault.

  5. Line 4 of 45 Meeting

    When you act without selfish aims and on behalf of someone above you, you're rewarded.

    Great good fortune. No fault.

  6. Line 5 of 45 Meeting

    You meet like-minded people, but also people who are somewhat wary of you. It's important to win their trust to reach your goals.

    Gathering in one's place. No fault. Where there is no trust, a great and lasting constancy: regret vanishes.

  7. Line 6 of 45 Meeting

    You're trying to join someone who doesn't want to join you. Letting your sorrow show may make them reconsider, and you'll get what you want.

    Sighs and laments, tears and a running nose. No fault.

  8. The judgment of 27 Nourishment

    Right now you need to take care of your physical and spiritual nourishment, so you have the resources you need in each area, and at the same time help others grow through what you do. Success lies in giving and receiving: take in what is good for you and share it with those around you.

    Constancy brings good fortune. Watching the jaws; seeking for oneself what fills the mouth.

The trigrams

Below Earth Thunder
Above Lake Mountain

The way back

27 Nourishment → 45 Meeting
lines 1, 4, 5, and 6

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