Transformation · line 6
Renewal becomes Gathering with Equals
What this change means
The top line moves, and the Lake overhead becomes Heaven above the Fire. This line asks for realism. Count only the changes your circumstances truly allow at present; anything too ambitious belongs to a later, better time. The noble person changes like the leopard, visibly but with grace, while the petty person only changes face. Pressing forward brings trouble; settling into what's sound brings good fortune. The resulting hexagram, 13 Gathering with Equals, shows where this realism can lead: toward people of a similar nature with whom important work can be done, in relationships built on trust and mutual support. So don't try to remake everything. Change what's within reach, and do it sincerely rather than for show. The bigger projects will come through the people you join with.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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 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 13 Gathering with Equals
It's a time of meetings with people of a high nature like yours, with whom you can carry out important tasks and projects. Relationships built on trust and mutual support take shape. Large, innovative projects are favored.
Community in the open country. Success. It is favorable to cross the great river. The constancy of the noble person is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
13 Gathering with Equals → 49 Renewalline 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.