Transformation · lines 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Overwhelmed becomes Great Achievements
What this change means
Heaven sits inside the mountain now, great strength held in reserve, after five lines move. One line of the result holds still, the second, and its advice is about timing: hold off until conditions allow action, since external circumstances are restraining you. That shapes how 47 Overwhelmed turns into 26 Great Achievements. The starting hexagram describes being hemmed in and unheard; the resulting one says it's a good time to leave your comfort zone and attempt more than you think you can, because you have the qualities needed. The still line adds the timing. The capacity is there, but the moment isn't fully open yet. Use the pause to gather strength and learn from the past, as the image suggests. When outside conditions loosen, you'll be ready to act boldly instead of starting from scratch.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 2 of 26 Great Achievements, which stays still
Wait until conditions are right to act, because outside circumstances are holding you back.
The axle strap slips from the cart.
- 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.
- Line 1 of 47 Overwhelmed
In these hard times, above all, keep your inner strength: it will be your support.
Buttocks caught on a tree stump. Goes into a dark valley; for three years, not seen.
- Line 3 of 47 Overwhelmed
Facing obstacles with weakness and complaints won't move you forward; on the contrary, it will sink you deeper.
Hard pressed by stone, leaning on thorns. Enters the house and does not see the wife. Misfortune.
- Line 4 of 47 Overwhelmed
Helping others in times of hardship matters, but that help has to be quick to do its job.
Comes slowly, slowly, hard pressed in a metal carriage. Distress, but there is an end.
- Line 5 of 47 Overwhelmed
Little by little things will improve, thanks to your habit of helping others. Spiritual resources will be a great help now.
Nose cut off, feet cut off. Hard pressed by the red sash. Little by little relief comes. It is favorable to make sacrifices.
- Line 6 of 47 Overwhelmed
The pressure is nearing its end, and the obstacles will be easy to overcome. If your inner strength is with you as well, success will come much more easily.
Hard pressed among creeping vines, on what totters. It is said: moving brings regret. If there is regret, setting out brings good fortune.
- The judgment of 26 Great Achievements
It's a good moment to leave your comfort zone and take on new actions, beyond what you think you can do. Heaven favors unusual actions that will lead you to success, because you have the qualities needed.
Constancy is favorable. Not eating at home brings good fortune. It is favorable to cross the great river.
The trigrams
The way back
26 Great Achievements → 47 Overwhelmedlines 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Other transformations of Overwhelmed
Make your own cast
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