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Transformation · lines 3 and 4

Release from Obstacles becomes Lack of Firmness

渙 59 Release from Obstacles 姤 44 Lack of Firmness
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Two lines in the middle move, the third and the fourth, and with them Water becomes Wind below while Wind becomes Heaven above. The fourth line leads: let go of personal loyalties, focus on what you want to achieve, and something greater than the old circle can rise. The third line supports it: when your goals are clear, you can give ground and set your own self aside for unity. Both lines loosen ties. The resulting hexagram, 44 Lack of Firmness, warns about what can slip in when everything is loose. Unsuitable people or situations may surround you, and you might think you can handle them without taking them seriously. That's the trap. Yielding for the sake of unity is one thing; yielding to whatever comes along is another. Set firm limits now, or what you let in can end up steering you.

What to read, in order

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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. The judgment of 44 Lack of Firmness

    You're surrounded by unsuitable people or situations. You know it, but you think you have the power to control them and don't take them very seriously; it may even be a bad habit. If you don't pay attention and set firm limits, they'll take control over you and you won't be able to pull away.

    The woman is strong. Do not take her as a wife.

The trigrams

Below Water Wind
Above Wind Heaven

The way back

44 Lack of Firmness → 59 Release from Obstacles
lines 3 and 4

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