Transformation · lines 2, 3, and 6
Renewal becomes Treading Carefully
What this change means
Lines two, three and six move, and the picture becomes Heaven above the Lake. Renewal's judgment asks you to take each step at exactly the right moment and to weigh what really needs to change. The resulting hexagram, 10 Treading Carefully, describes a delicate situation in which conduct is everything. Moving with awareness and gentleness, even people who could stand in your way may give ground or become allies. Balanced, the two say your renewal has to pass through sensitive territory. The change can be made, but how you carry yourself while making it will decide the outcome. Don't barge in with your new plans. Watch the reactions around you, respect the positions of others, and let your manner reassure them. Careful steps here aren't timidity; they're what lets a real change get through without needless resistance.
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 10 Treading Carefully
You're facing a difficult situation. If you know how to conduct yourself properly, moving with awareness and gentleness, even people who could be rivals and stand in your way will give ground, and may even become your allies.
Stepping on the tiger's tail; it does not bite. Success.
- 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 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
10 Treading Carefully → 49 Renewallines 2, 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
- 12Declinelines 1, 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.