Transformation · lines 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Release from Obstacles becomes Great Manifestation
What this change means
Thunder above heaven: five lines move, leaving only the second still, and release becomes 34 Great Manifestation. That still line carries the reading. It says circumstances are starting to open and conditions keep improving; even so, you're asked to stay centered and keep at it until the results come. That's a strong turn after division. You have what it takes to carry out large projects and achieve unusual things. The danger in that much strength is losing your center: rushing, overreaching, forgetting the humility that dissolved the old tension. Keep acting, keep at it, but let your thinking and your actions stay in harmony. Don't take a step that isn't right just because you can. Power held with balance makes achievements last; power spent carelessly tends to stir up the very friction you just escaped.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 2 of 34 Great Manifestation, which stays still
Circumstances are starting to open up and conditions keep getting better. Still, stay centered and keep persevering to get the results you want.
Constancy brings good fortune.
- The judgment of 59 Release from Obstacles
You can free yourself from the obstacles that hold you back if you're able to act sincerely and bring opposites together around shared goals. The tension has arisen because selfishness rules. To move forward, be humble and let the current carry you rather than going against it.
Success. The king goes to his temple. It is favorable to cross the great river. Constancy is favorable.
- Line 1 of 59 Release from Obstacles
Before the separation begins, you can use your resources to prevent it by joining forces.
Rescue comes with a strong horse. Good fortune.
- Line 3 of 59 Release from Obstacles
If you're clear about your goals and purposes, you'll be able to give ground so as to find unity and get past the obstacles.
Scatters its own self. No regret.
- Line 4 of 59 Release from Obstacles
Free yourself from personal loyalties and focus on what you want to achieve; this will lead you to success.
Scatters its band: great good fortune. The scattering forms a hill: not what ordinary people imagine.
- Line 5 of 59 Release from Obstacles
In times of deep division and widespread selfishness, make unity your aim, even if it means yielding more than you think you should.
Scatters its great proclamation like sweat. Scatters the dwelling of the king. No fault.
- Line 6 of 59 Release from Obstacles
Get away in time from whatever puts you and your people in danger. Withdrawing now isn't running away: it's dissolving the risk before it reaches you, and there's no mistake in that.
Scatters its blood; goes away, departs far off. No fault.
- The judgment of 34 Great Manifestation
You have what it takes to carry out big projects and achieve extraordinary things. Still, you need to stay active and keep persevering. Thinking and acting in harmony will keep you holding to what is right and will make your achievements last.
Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
34 Great Manifestation → 59 Release from Obstacleslines 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Other transformations of Release from Obstacles
Make your own cast
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