What this change means
What does it mean when joy comes looking for you? The third line answers with a warning: if you don't cultivate inner strength and let distractions carry you off, you may slip into addictions and drift from your purpose. Pleasure that arrives seeking you out brings misfortune. With this line the lower Lake becomes Heaven, and a lake swells toward the sky. The resulting hexagram, 43 Overflowing, describes pressure building past its limit, with situations close to getting out of hand, in you or in your relationships. What's going on needs to come into the open, but carefully, with words that don't provoke and a generous attitude that eases the strain. So name the pull that's taking you off course, gently and honestly. Left unspoken, it tends to grow until it spills.
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 58 Inner Peace
If you don't cultivate your inner strength and you let distractions carry you off, you may fall into addictions and drift from your purpose.
Joy that comes seeking. Misfortune.
- 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 43 Overflowing
It's a time of excessive buildup: some situations are about to get out of control and overwhelm you, both personally and in your relationships. You need to bring what's happening into the open, but without speaking about it directly; watch your words so you don't provoke reactions. It's a time to act generously to ease the tension that's there.
It is proclaimed in the king's court. A sincere cry: there is danger. Word comes from one's own city. It is not favorable to take up arms. It is favorable to have somewhere to go.
The trigrams
The way back
43 Overflowing → 58 Inner Peaceline 3
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.