Transformation · lines 2, 3, 4, and 6
Renewal becomes Inner Integrity
What this change means
Four lines shift, and the image becomes Wind over the Lake, a breeze that moves the water from within. What matters is in the resting lines of 61 Inner Integrity, the resulting hexagram. The first warns that if a wish to manipulate others lies behind what you do, your intentions will come to light. The fifth says you have an inner strength that can draw people toward a common good and common goals. So the renewal now depends on sincerity. Check what's really driving you. If it's clean, your influence can bring people together around something worthwhile; if it isn't, it will show. Speak and act from what you truly believe, and let people respond freely. Real change carried by real conviction tends to travel further than anything pushed through by cleverness.
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 61 Inner Integrity, which stays still
If behind what you do there's a wish to manipulate others, your intentions will be exposed.
Being ready: good fortune. If there is something else, no ease.
- Line 5 of 61 Inner Integrity, which stays still
You have an inner strength that lets you draw others toward a shared well-being and shared goals.
There is sincere trust, holding fast like links in a chain. 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.
- 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.
- 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 4 of 49 Renewal
Making the right changes at the right time will bring you success, as long as you rest on an inner certainty and your motives seek not only your own good but the well-being of others too.
Regret vanishes. There is sincere trust: the mandate is changed. Good fortune.
- 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 judgment of 61 Inner Integrity
When you're whole within, it shows on the outside, and you'll be able to do great things and to let your truth move others toward great undertakings.
Piglets and fish: good fortune. It is favorable to cross the great river. Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
61 Inner Integrity → 49 Renewallines 2, 3, 4, and 6
Other transformations of Renewal
- 29Waterlines 1, 2, 3, and 4
- 40Clearing Obstacleslines 1, 2, 3, and 5
- 46Going Uplines 1, 2, 4, and 5
- 2Passivitylines 1, 3, 4, and 5
- 19Fleeting Successlines 2, 3, 4, and 5
- 6Conflictlines 1, 2, 3, and 6
- 57Gentlenesslines 1, 2, 4, and 6
- 20Observinglines 1, 3, 4, and 6
- 50The Vessel of Nourishmentlines 1, 2, 5, and 6
- 35Advancelines 1, 3, 5, and 6
- 38Oppositeslines 2, 3, 5, and 6
- 52Abidinglines 1, 4, 5, and 6
- 26Great Achievementslines 2, 4, 5, and 6
- 27Nourishmentlines 3, 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.