Transformation · lines 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6
Inner Peace becomes The Fall
What this change means
The third line alone holds while five move, and Earth forms below with Mountain above, a mountain wearing down onto the ground. The reading rests on that one still line of the resulting hexagram: turning to spiritual resources and inner help will keep adversity away. The resulting hexagram, 23 The Fall, describes a time of obstacles when even being right doesn't get you believed and people who misuse power are rising. Don't try to push ahead; be generous toward those beneath you and hold on while circumstances change. Inner peace is more than a pleasant state here, it's protection. When outside support erodes, your spiritual practice and inner resources are what keep you standing. Tend them, and let the hard season pass.
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 23 The Fall, which stays still
Turning to spiritual resources and inner help will keep adversity away.
Stripping. No fault.
- 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.
- Line 6 of 58 Inner Peace
If you haven't developed real inner peace, you're easy prey for shallow entertainments, which will win you over bit by bit until you lose yourself in them. Now you're only in the hands of fate; you have no control.
Joy that draws on.
- The judgment of 23 The Fall
It's a time of obstacles and difficulties when, even if you're right, your words aren't believed. Lesser people who misuse power are on the rise, and you could become their victim. Recognizing this time without trying to push ahead, and being generous and giving toward those beneath you, will help you hold on while circumstances change.
It is not favorable to have somewhere to go.
The trigrams
The way back
23 The Fall → 58 Inner Peacelines 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6
Other transformations of Inner Peace
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.