Transformation · lines 1 and 2

Abundance becomes What Lasts

Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Two lines move at the bottom of Abundance, and the Fire there becomes Wind. The second line leads: you're determined and the time is good, yet some people stand between you and your aim, and the answer is to keep acting rightly without being pulled aside. The first line backs it up with a call for energy, the kind of decisive effort that makes good results bigger. Put together, they ask for drive held on a straight course. The resulting hexagram, 32 What Lasts, gives that drive its shape: this moment asks for action rather than stillness, with clear goals and conduct that matches them, so that what you achieve keeps growing and stays. Watch for the temptation to change direction each time someone blocks you. Set your aim, put energy behind it, and keep going the same way.

What to read, in order

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

  1. Line 2 of 55 Abundance

    Although you're resolved and conditions are good for getting what you want, the wrong people are standing in your way. If you keep doing what's right and don't let yourself be pulled off course, you'll succeed.

    Full is the awning: at noon the Dipper is seen. Going earns suspicion and harm. If there is sincere trust that unfolds, good fortune.

  2. Line 1 of 55 Abundance

    It's a very favorable time, but it asks for determined, energetic action from you to make the results greater.

    Meets the lord who is its match. Even for ten days, no fault. Going earns esteem.

  3. The judgment of 55 Abundance

    You're growing toward a period of satisfaction and abundance. It will last for a while, and when it ends, stay calm, without sadness or worry. Enjoy it while it lasts, and when it wanes, keep your spirits up and enjoy what you've achieved.

    Success. The king reaches it. Do not grieve: the noonday sun is fitting.

  4. The judgment of 32 What Lasts

    This moment asks you for action, not stillness. It asks you to have clear goals to head toward and to act in line with them. That way you'll achieve things, and your achievements will keep growing and will last.

    Success. No fault. Constancy is favorable. It is favorable to have somewhere to go.

The trigrams

Below Fire Wind
Above Thunder stays

The way back

32 What Lasts → 55 Abundance
lines 1 and 2

Other transformations of Abundance

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