What this change means
Thunder upon thunder replaces the two lakes as the second and fifth lines move, and the calm of joined waters turns into a double shaking. The fifth line leads with a warning about trusting what strips you down: the wrong company can lead to distraction and dependency, and noticing it and stopping is how you find peace again. The second line adds the preventive side, attention to the friendships and pastimes you choose, so worldly pulls don't hollow you out. The resulting hexagram, 51 Shock, describes sudden situations that would frighten others, and asks you to stay in control and act calmly. That composure can bring results where others fail. A jolt may be what wakes you to the wrong influences. Let it, and answer from your center.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- The judgment of 51 Shock
When unexpected situations come along that would frighten others, keep control and act calmly, without losing your composure. This attitude will get you results in what you want and let you succeed where others fail.
Success. Thunder comes, and there is dread; then laughter and easy talk. The thunder alarms a hundred leagues around, yet neither the ladle nor the sacrificial wine is let fall.
The trigrams
The way back
51 Shock → 58 Inner Peacelines 2 and 5
Other transformations of Inner Peace
- 45Meetinglines 1 and 2
- 28Excesseslines 1 and 3
- 49Renewallines 2 and 3
- 29Waterlines 1 and 4
- 3Initial Obstacleslines 2 and 4
- 5Inactionlines 3 and 4
- 40Clearing Obstacleslines 1 and 5
- 34Great Manifestationlines 3 and 5
- 19Fleeting Successlines 4 and 5
- 6Conflictlines 1 and 6
- 25Innocencelines 2 and 6
- 1Activitylines 3 and 6
- 61Inner Integritylines 4 and 6
- 38Oppositeslines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.