What this change means
The third line moves: the well has been cleaned, the water is good, and still no one drinks, which grieves the heart. If the king saw clearly, everyone would share the blessing. In practical terms, you have many talents but aren't using them all, so opportunities stand right in front of you and you let them pass. Below, Wind turns into Water, and the hexagram becomes water flowing over water. The resulting hexagram, 29 Water, speaks of obstacles that come one after another, which you get past only by moving like a stream that never stagnates. The connection is plain: unused gifts don't stay neutral. Opportunities you leave untouched tend to turn into difficulties. So draw from your own well. Use what you're good at, offer it where it's needed, and keep moving through each hurdle without letting fear stop you.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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.
- 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.
- The judgment of 29 Water
Just as a stream moves through obstacles and gets past them, following its course without stagnating, you're at a time when obstacles will come one after another, but you'll get past them if you can keep moving. Letting fear paralyze you will only leave you stuck.
There is sincere trust. Only the heart gets through. Going earns esteem.
The trigrams
The way back
29 Water → 48 Right Actionline 3
Other transformations of Right Action
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.