What this change means
Only the bottom line stirs, and the Fire below the Lake settles into a Mountain. Renewal is in the air, but this first line holds you back on purpose, as if bound with the hide of a yellow ox. You may feel the urge to start changing things now; the line asks you to wait until conditions are on your side and you know clearly what you want to renew. That restraint isn't wasted time. The resulting hexagram, 31 Attraction, shows what the waiting opens onto: results come as you stay open and receptive, letting people draw near who can support you without self-interest. A mountain under a lake receives; it doesn't push. So hold your plans steady, keep listening, and let the right allies find you before you make your move. Watch for impatience dressed up as courage. The change will keep, and it will be better grounded once you've given it a firm footing and the company it needs.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 1 of 49 Renewal
Don't rush into changes. Wait until conditions are favorable and you're clear about what you want to renew.
Bound fast with the hide of a yellow ox.
- The judgment of 49 Renewal
You're in a time of renewal, like shedding a skin. Open yourself to change and to new ways of doing things. Success lies in taking each step at exactly the right moment, and in weighing what needs to change and what doesn't, what is no longer doing its job. Don't be afraid to let it go: you need to make room for the new to arrive.
When the day has come, there is trust. Great success. Constancy is favorable. Regret vanishes.
- The judgment of 31 Attraction
You'll get good results to the extent that you stay open and receptive, which lets people come close who will support you and help you get there, generously and without self-interest.
Success. Constancy is favorable. Taking a wife brings good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
31 Attraction → 49 Renewalline 1
Other transformations of Renewal
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.