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Transformation · lines 1, 2, 3, and 6

Right Action becomes Increase

井 48 Right Action 益 42 Increase
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Wind over thunder, the figure of growth, emerges as four lines change. The resulting hexagram keeps its fourth and fifth lines still, and they point the way. The fourth says you can mediate between those below and those above now, and your generosity draws blessings from all sides. The fifth says kindness and an open hand bring help and heaven's favor. So 48 Right Action opens onto 42 Increase, a time of gain when projects grow and prosper, if you keep your integrity and drop the habits that caused trouble before. The well becomes a meeting point. Use your position to connect people and share what you have; generosity here isn't a loss but the way increase comes. Follow the example of those you admire, correct your faults, and let the growth reach others as well as you.

What to read, in order

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

  1. Line 4 of 42 Increase, which stays still

    This is a time when you can mediate between those below and those above; your generosity draws blessings from everyone.

    Walking the middle way; speaks to the duke and is followed. It is favorable to rely on this to move the capital.

  2. Line 5 of 42 Increase, which stays still

    A generous, kind heart is sure to receive help and blessings from heaven.

    There is sincere trust and a kind heart: do not ask. Great good fortune. There is sincere trust: my virtue is met with kindness.

  3. The judgment of 48 Right Action

    You're at a moment when opportunities are on your side. But if you don't know how to use them because you keep putting off decisions and actions, being in the right place at the right time won't do you any good. It's not about looking for new things but about making use of what you have, or there will be loss.

    The town is changed, the well is not. Nothing lost, nothing gained. They come and go, and draw from the well. Nearly there, the rope does not yet reach the well; if the jar breaks, misfortune.

  4. Line 1 of 48 Right Action

    Your mood is low, so everything looks bleak to you: you don't see the opportunities and you don't draw help.

    A muddy well: no one drinks. No birds come to the old well.

  5. Line 2 of 48 Right Action

    You have good qualities for success, but you've grown slack and stopped pushing yourself; this makes it hard to hold on to what you achieve.

    Down in the well, shooting at minnows. The jar is broken and leaks.

  6. Line 3 of 48 Right Action

    You aren't using all your talents, and you have many, so the opportunities are there but you don't take them.

    The well is cleaned, and no one drinks: my heart aches. Water could be drawn. If the king were clear-sighted, all would share in the blessing.

  7. Line 6 of 48 Right Action

    You have all the talents and abilities to act and seize the moment, and you also want to contribute to those around you: there will be success.

    Water is drawn from the well: do not cover it. There is sincere trust. Great good fortune.

  8. The judgment of 42 Increase

    You're in a time of gain and growth: your projects will grow and prosper. At times like this it's important to keep your inner integrity, follow the example of people who have the qualities you want to gain, and get rid of the traits that have caused you trouble before. Overall, it's a time of achievement and generosity.

    It is favorable to have somewhere to go. It is favorable to cross the great river.

The trigrams

Below Wind Thunder
Above Water Wind

The way back

42 Increase → 48 Right Action
lines 1, 2, 3, and 6

Other transformations of Right Action

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