Transformation · lines 2, 5, and 6

Renewal becomes Wealth

Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

The second, fifth and top lines move, and the figure becomes Fire over Heaven, the sun high and seen by all. The starting hexagram ties its great success to the right day and the right sequence. The resulting hexagram, 14 Wealth, describes a time of abundance, inner and outer. Balanced, they say your renewal can open onto real prosperity. The resulting hexagram adds its condition: keep your character centered, and cultivate good deeds and generosity, so the wealth lasts and reaches others. So enjoy what the change brings, and don't let it make you careless or self-absorbed. Share it, put it to good use, and keep your values steady while things go well. Plenty tends to stay where it's handled with balance and passed along.

What to read, in order

Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.

  1. 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.

  2. The judgment of 14 Wealth

    A time of abundance and prosperity, both inner and outer. It's important to keep your character centered and to cultivate good deeds and generosity, so that this wealth lasts and reaches others.

    Great success.

  3. 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.

  4. Line 5 of 49 Renewal

    Renewal will come naturally, guided by a higher will that shows you the way to act.

    The great person changes like the tiger. Before any divining, there is sincere trust.

  5. 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

Below Fire Heaven
Above Lake Fire

The way back

14 Wealth → 49 Renewal
lines 2, 5, and 6

Other transformations of Renewal

Make your own cast

The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.

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