In practice
The judgment
It's a time of small achievements. Keep a light, flexible attitude. You may be facing a period of change, new places or situations that ask you to adapt while they settle: let go of attachments and be gracious as you make new connections and your situation takes hold.
The poetry
The Traveler
Small success. For the traveler, constancy brings good fortune.
The image
Fire on the mountain: the traveler. So the noble person applies penalties with clarity and care, and does not let lawsuits linger.
The lines
- Line 6上九
If you relax too much, forgetting that you're only passing through, and stop tending to your ultimate purpose, you'll run into problems.
The bird burns its nest. The traveler laughs first and wails aloud after. Loses the ox at Yi. Misfortune.
- Line 5六五
If you can enjoy this passing situation and make the most of it, you'll achieve things.
Shoots a pheasant; one arrow is lost. In the end, renown and a mandate.
- Line 4九四
Even though you can gain material rewards and comfort, avoid living in constant distrust and worry.
The traveler finds a place to stay and gets their goods and their axe. My heart is not glad.
- Line 3九三
If you lose your kindness now and turn irritable and aggressive, you'll bring on trouble.
The traveler burns down the inn and loses the young servant. Constancy is in danger.
- Line 2六二
You carry with you the resources you need to be secure wherever you are and whatever comes up. You'll draw help from simple, capable people.
The traveler reaches the inn, carries their goods close, and gains a young servant who is loyal.
- Line 1初六
It's a time to act with dignity and focus on what really matters right now. Relaxing too much and not taking things seriously will bring trouble.
The traveler, small and niggling: so disaster is brought on.
Its 63 transformations
Depending on which lines move in your cast, The Traveler turns into another hexagram. Pick the lines from your cast.
One moving line
6
Two moving lines
15
- 14Wealthlines 1 and 2
- 21Bitinglines 1 and 3
- 64Transitionlines 2 and 3
- 22Good Mannerslines 1 and 4
- 18Loss, Then Gainlines 2 and 4
- 23The Falllines 3 and 4
- 13Gathering with Equalslines 1 and 5
- 44Lack of Firmnesslines 2 and 5
- 12Declinelines 3 and 5
- 53Gradual Progresslines 4 and 5
- 55Abundancelines 1 and 6
- 32What Lastslines 2 and 6
- 16Passionlines 3 and 6
- 15Simplicitylines 4 and 6
- 31Attractionlines 5 and 6
Three moving lines
20
- 38Oppositeslines 1, 2, and 3
- 26Great Achievementslines 1, 2, and 4
- 27Nourishmentlines 1, 3, and 4
- 4Immaturitylines 2, 3, and 4
- 1Activitylines 1, 2, and 5
- 25Innocencelines 1, 3, and 5
- 6Conflictlines 2, 3, and 5
- 37The Tribelines 1, 4, and 5
- 57Gentlenesslines 2, 4, and 5
- 20Observinglines 3, 4, and 5
- 34Great Manifestationlines 1, 2, and 6
- 51Shocklines 1, 3, and 6
- 40Clearing Obstacleslines 2, 3, and 6
- 36Darknesslines 1, 4, and 6
- 46Going Uplines 2, 4, and 6
- 2Passivitylines 3, 4, and 6
- 49Renewallines 1, 5, and 6
- 28Excesseslines 2, 5, and 6
- 45Meetinglines 3, 5, and 6
- 39Held Backlines 4, 5, and 6
Four moving lines
15
- 41Decreaselines 1, 2, 3, and 4
- 10Treading Carefullylines 1, 2, 3, and 5
- 9Small Thingslines 1, 2, 4, and 5
- 42Increaselines 1, 3, 4, and 5
- 59Release from Obstacleslines 2, 3, 4, and 5
- 54A Subordinate Rolelines 1, 2, 3, and 6
- 11Well-Beinglines 1, 2, 4, and 6
- 24Coming Backlines 1, 3, 4, and 6
- 7The Armylines 2, 3, 4, and 6
- 43Overflowinglines 1, 2, 5, and 6
- 17Adaptinglines 1, 3, 5, and 6
- 47Overwhelmedlines 2, 3, 5, and 6
- 63After the Endlines 1, 4, 5, and 6
- 48Right Actionlines 2, 4, 5, and 6
- 8Unionlines 3, 4, 5, and 6
Five moving lines
6
All six lines moving
1
The classical text
旅：小亨，旅貞吉。
象曰：山上有火，旅；君子以明慎用刑，而不留獄。
初六：旅瑣瑣，斯其所取災。
六二：旅即次，懷其資，得童僕貞。
九三：旅焚其次，喪其童僕，貞厲。
九四：旅于處，得其資斧，我心不快。
六五：射雉一矢亡，終以譽命。
上九：鳥焚其巢，旅人先笑後號咷。喪牛于易，凶。
Related hexagrams
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.