Transformation · lines 1, 2, 3, and 6

Shock becomes The Vessel of Nourishment

震 51 Shock 鼎 50 The Vessel of Nourishment

Starting hexagram

Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Wind feeds fire as four lines change, thunder below becoming wind and thunder above becoming fire, and what was shaking now cooks slowly in a vessel. The guidance comes from the resulting hexagram's two still lines. In 50 The Vessel of Nourishment, change happens naturally, without upheaval, little by little; keep your enthusiasm alight and be clear about the resources you have. Its fourth line warns that straying from your purpose and getting involved with the wrong people will spoil the result. Its fifth line is reassuring: your qualities can carry you to success without your needing to prove anything, and things tend to go your way. So don't rush, and don't look for shortcuts through doubtful company. Tend the fire, choose your ingredients carefully, and let the change come in its own time.

What to read, in order

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

Line 4 of 50 The Vessel of Nourishment, which stays still
If you stray from your purpose and get involved with the wrong people, you won't succeed.

The cauldron breaks a leg and spills the prince's stew. Its form is drenched. Misfortune.
Line 5 of 50 The Vessel of Nourishment, which stays still
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 51 Shock
When unexpected situations come along that would frighten others, keep control and act calmly, without losing your composure. This attitude will get you results in what you want and let you succeed where others fail.

Success. Thunder comes, and there is dread; then laughter and easy talk. The thunder alarms a hundred leagues around, yet neither the ladle nor the sacrificial wine is let fall.
Line 1 of 51 Shock
You see what's coming before it happens. That makes you worry ahead of time, but it also sets you looking for solutions, so when others start to worry, you'll already be focused on solving things.

Thunder comes, and there is dread; afterward, laughter and easy talk. Good fortune.
Line 2 of 51 Shock
Situations may come up that seem hard to face, and you may even suffer losses. There's nothing to fear: what you lose you'll get back, and you'll be on the path of achievement again.

Thunder comes: danger. Countless cowries are lost; one climbs the nine hills. Do not chase them: in seven days they are found.
Line 3 of 51 Shock
The blows you're taking right now aren't caused by fate. They come more from within, and that makes things harder. Once you realize this, you'll make the corrections and resolve the situation.

Thunder that stuns and stuns. If thunder sets one going, no disaster.
Line 6 of 51 Shock
Your main enemy now is a lack of calm: catching the worry that fills the air over situations that aren't affecting you. If you can step away from that atmosphere and return to your center, things will settle.

Thunder, shiver upon shiver; the eyes restless and lost. Setting out brings misfortune. The thunder strikes not oneself but the neighbor: no fault. Over the marriage there will be talk.
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 trigrams

Below Thunder Wind

Above Thunder Fire

The way back

50 The Vessel of Nourishment → 51 Shock
lines 1, 2, 3, and 6

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