What this change means
Wide, quiet ground replaces the open water as four lines move, both lakes becoming Earth. Here the lines of the resulting hexagram that stay still carry the advice. The third says that what you do with perseverance, without showing off, will be appreciated and recognized. The top line says it's not the time to lead but to follow; reaching for a leading position now would bring retaliation that affects everyone. The resulting hexagram, 2 Passivity, confirms it: this is no time for initiative. Let others guide you and keep at your projects patiently. Inner peace makes that easier than it sounds, because you don't need the front seat to feel settled. Work steadily and quietly, let recognition come on its own, and resist any urge to take charge.
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 2 Passivity, which stays still
What you do with perseverance and without showing off will be appreciated and recognized.
Holding its brightness within; it can stay constant. If it serves in the king's affairs, no achievement of its own, but a good end.
- Line 6 of 2 Passivity, which stays still
It's not the time to lead; it's the time to follow. Trying to take a leading position now will bring retaliation on you that affects everyone.
Dragons fight in the open country. Their blood is dark and yellow.
- The judgment of 58 Inner Peace
You're in a time of calm and inner peace that lets you achieve great things. Spending time with people whose energy is like yours will nourish and recharge you to reach your aims. Still, don't lose sight of your goals, or you'll slide into inertia.
Success. Constancy is favorable.
- Line 1 of 58 Inner Peace
A state of calm and inner joy will help you stay centered and achieve what you want.
Joy in harmony. Good fortune.
- Line 2 of 58 Inner Peace
Take great care over whom you spend time with and what activities you choose, because if you let yourself be drawn into worldly things without cultivating your inner life, you'll stray from your goals.
Joy with trust. Good fortune. Regret vanishes.
- Line 4 of 58 Inner Peace
You're moving between serenity and indulgence. Indulgence leads to empty pleasure; serenity, to inner joy. That is the true path to success.
Joy that bargains, never at rest. Once the ill is set apart, there is gladness.
- Line 5 of 58 Inner Peace
Contact with the wrong people can lead you into distraction and addiction. Once you realize it and put a stop to it, you'll get back on the path to inner peace.
Trusting what strips away: there is danger.
- The judgment of 2 Passivity
This is not the time to take the initiative to achieve things. It's better to let others guide you and to keep at your projects with patience.
Great success. The constancy of a mare is favorable. The noble person has somewhere to go: going ahead, they lose the way; following behind, they find someone to guide them. It is favorable to find friends in the southwest and to lose them in the northeast. Calm constancy brings good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
2 Passivity → 58 Inner Peacelines 1, 2, 4, and 5
Other transformations of Inner Peace
- 39Held Backlines 1, 2, 3, and 4
- 62Success in Small Matterslines 1, 2, 3, and 5
- 46Going Uplines 1, 3, 4, and 5
- 36Darknesslines 2, 3, 4, and 5
- 33Leaving Behindlines 1, 2, 3, and 6
- 20Observinglines 1, 2, 4, and 6
- 57Gentlenesslines 1, 3, 4, and 6
- 37The Tribelines 2, 3, 4, and 6
- 35Advancelines 1, 2, 5, and 6
- 50The Vessel of Nourishmentlines 1, 3, 5, and 6
- 30The Flamelines 2, 3, 5, and 6
- 4Immaturitylines 1, 4, 5, and 6
- 27Nourishmentlines 2, 4, 5, and 6
- 26Great Achievementslines 3, 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.