Transformation · line 6
Inner Peace becomes Treading Carefully
What this change means
The top line moves and the upper Lake becomes Heaven: the sky above, the lake below. This line is the heart of the reading, and its warning is about joy that pulls you along. Without real inner peace, you become easy prey for shallow entertainments that slowly take you over until you're lost in them, and then you're simply at the mercy of fate, with no control. The resulting hexagram, 10 Treading Carefully, describes a delicate situation where conduct is everything. Moving with awareness and gentleness, you can make even possible rivals give way, and perhaps turn them into allies. So step carefully. Notice what's drawing you along and whether you chose it. Awareness is what gives you back the reins.
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.
- 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 10 Treading Carefully
You're facing a difficult situation. If you know how to conduct yourself properly, moving with awareness and gentleness, even people who could be rivals and stand in your way will give ground, and may even become your allies.
Stepping on the tiger's tail; it does not bite. Success.
The trigrams
The way back
10 Treading Carefully → 58 Inner Peaceline 6
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.