What this change means
Thunder and lightning strike together as the second, fifth and top lines move, the lower Lake becoming Thunder and the upper becoming Fire. Both judgments weigh the same. The starting hexagram brings tranquility that can carry big things, among people who share your energy, provided your aims stay sharp. The resulting hexagram, 21 Biting, calls for firm, decisive moves to overcome what's in your way, even through legal means if needed; with energy and clear boundaries, what you want is reachable. Together they describe peace that knows how to say no. Calm isn't the same as tolerating everything, and a peaceful person can still act decisively. Where something needs to be cut off or stopped, do it cleanly. Then your peace has something solid to rest on.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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 21 Biting
It's a time for firm, decisive action to overcome obstacles, even legal action if needed. Success is within reach if you act with energy and set limits. Don't be afraid: act.
Success. It is favorable to bring things to judgment.
- 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 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 trigrams
The way back
21 Biting → 58 Inner Peacelines 2, 5, and 6
Other transformations of Inner Peace
- 31Attractionlines 1, 2, and 3
- 8Unionlines 1, 2, and 4
- 48Right Actionlines 1, 3, and 4
- 63After the Endlines 2, 3, and 4
- 16Passionlines 1, 2, and 5
- 32What Lastslines 1, 3, and 5
- 55Abundancelines 2, 3, and 5
- 7The Armylines 1, 4, and 5
- 24Coming Backlines 2, 4, and 5
- 11Well-Beinglines 3, 4, and 5
- 12Declinelines 1, 2, and 6
- 44Lack of Firmnesslines 1, 3, and 6
- 13Gathering with Equalslines 2, 3, and 6
- 59Release from Obstacleslines 1, 4, and 6
- 42Increaselines 2, 4, and 6
- 9Small Thingslines 3, 4, and 6
- 64Transitionlines 1, 5, and 6
- 14Wealthlines 3, 5, and 6
- 41Decreaselines 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.