What this change means
Moving lines at the first, third and top places turn the figure into Heaven over Earth, the two pulling apart. Renewal holds that change earns trust only when its day is truly here. The resulting hexagram, 12 Decline, describes a harder setting: adverse people and situations around you, and circumstances that don't favor acting or deciding. Balanced, they say the day for your change hasn't arrived. The renewal is real, but this is the time to withdraw to a safe place, keep a low profile, and wait for conditions to shift. Avoid getting involved with the people who aren't good for you, whatever they offer. Use the quiet to decide what you'll change when the moment comes, and let go inwardly of what no longer serves. Outward moves can wait; protecting yourself comes first.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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 12 Decline
You're surrounded by adverse people and situations. Avoid getting involved with those people, no matter what they offer you. Circumstances aren't good for acting or making decisions; it's time to withdraw to a safe place and wait for conditions to change. It's time to keep a low profile.
Stagnation: these are not worthy people. The constancy of the noble person is not favorable. The great goes, the small comes.
- 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.
- Line 3 of 49 Renewal
Neither dragging things out nor acting in too much of a hurry is the right way to go about it now. Ask for signs, so you act at the right moment.
Setting out brings misfortune. Constancy is in danger. When word of the change has come round three times, there is sincere trust.
- Line 6 of 49 Renewal
Take stock of the changes you can actually make now, given the circumstances. A change that's too ambitious has to wait for a better time.
The noble person changes like the leopard; the petty person changes face. Setting out brings misfortune. Abiding in constancy brings good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
12 Decline → 49 Renewallines 1, 3, and 6
Other transformations of Renewal
- 47Overwhelmedlines 1, 2, and 3
- 48Right Actionlines 1, 2, and 4
- 8Unionlines 1, 3, and 4
- 60Thriftlines 2, 3, and 4
- 32What Lastslines 1, 2, and 5
- 16Passionlines 1, 3, and 5
- 54A Subordinate Rolelines 2, 3, and 5
- 15Simplicitylines 1, 4, and 5
- 11Well-Beinglines 2, 4, and 5
- 24Coming Backlines 3, 4, and 5
- 44Lack of Firmnesslines 1, 2, and 6
- 10Treading Carefullylines 2, 3, and 6
- 53Gradual Progresslines 1, 4, and 6
- 9Small Thingslines 2, 4, and 6
- 42Increaselines 3, 4, and 6
- 56The Travelerlines 1, 5, and 6
- 14Wealthlines 2, 5, and 6
- 21Bitinglines 3, 5, and 6
- 22Good Mannerslines 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.