Transformation · lines 5 and 6
The Vessel of Nourishment becomes Excesses
What this change means
The fifth and top lines move, and the Fire above becomes Lake over Wind: water rising over the trees. The top line leads with great good fortune, a jade-handled vessel and favor from every side. The fifth adds golden handles: your qualities carry you without needing to prove anything. These are the cauldron's finest lines, and yet the resulting hexagram, 28 Excesses, warns of weight beyond what the structure can carry. Success at this level can overload what supports it. So strengthen the foundations under your projects, take bold, innovative measures where needed, and step out of your comfort zone to keep what you've built from collapsing. Don't coast on good fortune. The blessing is real; make sure the vessel and the stand beneath it are strong enough to hold it.
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 50 The Vessel of Nourishment
Your actions will be richly rewarded. Success in your projects: you find human favor and divine help.
The cauldron with a bar of jade. Great good fortune. Nothing that is not favorable.
- Line 5 of 50 The Vessel of Nourishment
Your qualities will carry you to success without your having to prove anything. Naturally, everything will go your way.
The cauldron with yellow ears and a bar of gold. Constancy is favorable.
- The judgment of 50 The Vessel of Nourishment
It's a time of change and adjustment, and it will happen naturally, without great upheaval, the way food cooks. Keep the flame lit: it's the enthusiasm that gives you the strength to keep going. And be clear about the resources you have, the way a cook chooses the ingredients. The change will come about little by little.
Great good fortune. Success.
- The judgment of 28 Excesses
You're in a situation that calls for extraordinary measures to keep what you've achieved from collapsing. Check and strengthen the foundations that hold up your projects, take innovative action and step out of your comfort zone. That way your success is assured; otherwise, loss can't be avoided.
The ridgepole sags. It is favorable to have somewhere to go. Success.
The trigrams
The way back
28 Excesses → 50 The Vessel of Nourishmentlines 5 and 6
Other transformations of The Vessel of Nourishment
- 30The Flamelines 1 and 2
- 38Oppositeslines 1 and 3
- 35Advancelines 2 and 3
- 26Great Achievementslines 1 and 4
- 52Abidinglines 2 and 4
- 4Immaturitylines 3 and 4
- 1Activitylines 1 and 5
- 33Leaving Behindlines 2 and 5
- 6Conflictlines 3 and 5
- 57Gentlenesslines 4 and 5
- 34Great Manifestationlines 1 and 6
- 62Success in Small Matterslines 2 and 6
- 40Clearing Obstacleslines 3 and 6
- 46Going Uplines 4 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.