What this change means
Fire flares above the lake when the fifth and top lines move, fire rising while water sinks, each going its own way. The top line leads: if your inner peace isn't solid, superficial pleasures can win you over by degrees until you're lost and fate is in charge. The fifth line points to who often brings those pleasures, the wrong people, whose influence leads to distraction and dependency; seeing it and stopping is the way back. The resulting hexagram, 38 Opposites, describes living among people who are different from you; what you can achieve together is small for now, but don't give up, and keep your own nature while contributing to a shared project. So stay among others without dissolving into them. Keep your center, and your boundaries.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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.
- 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 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 38 Opposites
You're in a situation of opposition: the people around you are different from you, yet you need to share with them. This means that what you can achieve for now is small. Even so, don't give in. It matters that both you and they keep your own nature and contribute from there to a shared project.
In small matters, good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
38 Opposites → 58 Inner Peacelines 5 and 6
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
- 51Shocklines 2 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
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.