What this change means
Here the second and third lines move, and the Fire below becomes a second Lake: the urge to overhaul things softens into something calmer. The third line leads, asking you not to drag your feet or race ahead, and to look for confirmation before you act. The second line adds its own conviction: when nothing you've tried has worked, a deep change is the honest answer, and once its day comes, going ahead is favored. One line weighs the timing, the other the need. The resulting hexagram, 58 Inner Peace, describes where this can lead: a time of calm in which you can achieve a great deal, nourished by people whose energy is like yours. The risk it names is drifting into inertia. So let the change be decisive but unhurried, keep good company, and don't let ease make you forget what you set out to renew.
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 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 2 of 49 Renewal
When you've tried several things to solve something and nothing works, it's time for radical change.
When the day has come, the change is made. Setting out brings good fortune. No fault.
- 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 58 Inner Peace
You're in a time of calm and inner peace that lets you achieve great things. Spending time with people whose energy is like yours will nourish and recharge you to reach your aims. Still, don't lose sight of your goals, or you'll slide into inertia.
Success. Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
58 Inner Peace → 49 Renewallines 2 and 3
Other transformations of Renewal
- 28Excesseslines 1 and 2
- 45Meetinglines 1 and 3
- 39Held Backlines 1 and 4
- 5Inactionlines 2 and 4
- 3Initial Obstacleslines 3 and 4
- 62Success in Small Matterslines 1 and 5
- 34Great Manifestationlines 2 and 5
- 51Shocklines 3 and 5
- 36Darknesslines 4 and 5
- 33Leaving Behindlines 1 and 6
- 1Activitylines 2 and 6
- 25Innocencelines 3 and 6
- 37The Tribelines 4 and 6
- 30The Flamelines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.