Transformation · lines 3, 4, and 5

Inner Peace becomes Well-Being

Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Heaven rises below and Earth settles above when the third, fourth and fifth lines move, and the two meet in exchange. The two judgments share the reading equally. The starting hexagram describes a calm, inner peace that lets you do great things, renewed by people of similar energy, as long as you don't lose sight of your goals. The resulting hexagram, 11 Well-Being, describes a coming period of harmony and understanding, when people and situations that weren't good for you move away and others arrive bringing support and blessings. Together they suggest a peace that spreads outward. Enjoy it, and notice who is leaving your life and who is arriving. Welcome the good, keep your aims alive, and don't let ease turn into drifting.

What to read, in order

Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.

  1. 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.

  2. The judgment of 11 Well-Being

    A period of well-being, harmony and understanding is coming, and you can enjoy it. People and situations that weren't good for you are moving away, and in their place come people and situations that bring blessings and support. Heaven grants its gifts.

    The small goes, the great comes. Good fortune. Success.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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 trigrams

Below Lake Heaven
Above Lake Earth

The way back

11 Well-Being → 58 Inner Peace
lines 3, 4, and 5

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.

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