Transformation · lines 1 and 3
Gradual Progress becomes Increase
What this change means
Thunder wakes under the Wind as the first and third lines change, and the slow Mountain begins to move. That energy is promising, but the third line, which leads, is a warning: forcing the pace now can ruin the progress you've made. The first line softens the picture. Early clumsiness and people's comments aren't signs of failure, just part of beginning. Together they say that your caution about rushing matters more than your worry about looking slow. The resulting hexagram, 42 Increase, shows what opens up if you get this right: a time of gain when projects can grow. It also asks for inner integrity, for following the example of people who have the qualities you want, and for shedding habits that caused trouble before. Let growth come through patience and self-correction, not through haste. Guard what you have, and the increase can build on it.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 3 of 53 Gradual Progress
If you don't let things unfold at their own pace and try to hurry them, your progress will fail.
The wild goose moves by degrees to the high plain. The husband marches off and does not return; the wife conceives and does not give birth. Misfortune. It is favorable to fend off raiders.
- Line 1 of 53 Gradual Progress
Your first steps may be slow, and through lack of experience it may look at first as if you'll fail, so people will talk. Nothing to fear.
The wild goose moves by degrees to the shore. The young one is in danger; there is talk. No fault.
- The judgment of 53 Gradual Progress
You'll make progress, and it will come step by step, gradually, through stages that make it lasting and stable. Trying to speed things up will bring delays and obstacles. Keep at it, one rung at a time.
The woman goes to be married: good fortune. Constancy is favorable.
- The judgment of 42 Increase
You're in a time of gain and growth: your projects will grow and prosper. At times like this it's important to keep your inner integrity, follow the example of people who have the qualities you want to gain, and get rid of the traits that have caused you trouble before. Overall, it's a time of achievement and generosity.
It is favorable to have somewhere to go. It is favorable to cross the great river.
The trigrams
The way back
42 Increase → 53 Gradual Progresslines 1 and 3
Other transformations of Gradual Progress
- 9Small Thingslines 1 and 2
- 59Release from Obstacleslines 2 and 3
- 13Gathering with Equalslines 1 and 4
- 44Lack of Firmnesslines 2 and 4
- 12Declinelines 3 and 4
- 22Good Mannerslines 1 and 5
- 18Loss, Then Gainlines 2 and 5
- 23The Falllines 3 and 5
- 56The Travelerlines 4 and 5
- 63After the Endlines 1 and 6
- 48Right Actionlines 2 and 6
- 8Unionlines 3 and 6
- 31Attractionlines 4 and 6
- 15Simplicitylines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.