What this change means
The fourth line moves alone, and Thunder above turns into Earth: the light of Abundance sinks below the ground. The line itself is encouraging. The shadows and obstacles that came up for a while are starting to fade, and if you act wisely and decisively, things can go well; the old text speaks of meeting a lord who is your like. The resulting hexagram, 36 Darkness, sets that hope in a hard frame. Circumstances may force you to live alongside the wrong people, and the way to stay safe is to protect yourself, keep your integrity, and not show your light openly. So act with judgment rather than display. Move when the moment is clear, find allies of your own kind, and keep your best qualities quietly in hand until better times come, as they tend to do.
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 55 Abundance
The shadows and obstacles that came up for a while are beginning to fade. If you act wisely and decisively, everything will go well.
Full is the awning: at noon the Dipper is seen. Meets the lord who is its like. Good fortune.
- 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.
- The judgment of 36 Darkness
It's a dark time: circumstances force you to live alongside the wrong people. If you know how to protect yourself, hold on to your integrity, and go unnoticed, without openly showing your light and your talents, you'll stay safe until better times come. However hard they seem, hard times pass too.
Constancy in hardship is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
36 Darkness → 55 Abundanceline 4
Other transformations of Abundance
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.