What this change means
Water upon water, the pit doubled: the first and top lines move, and inner trust becomes 29 Water. The top line leads. If your strength lies only in words, you won't be able to rally the people you need. The first line adds that a hidden wish to manipulate will be exposed. Both lines describe integrity that's thin: either all talk, or talk with an angle. The resulting hexagram shows what that leads into: obstacles that keep coming, one after another. You'll get through them if you keep moving, as a stream does, and don't let fear freeze you. But the way through starts with honesty. Drop the clever framing, stop promising more than you'll deliver, and act plainly. A sincere course, followed steadily, is what carries water through rock.
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 61 Inner Integrity
If your inner strength rests only on words, you won't have the power to rally people that you need to reach your goals.
A bird's cry climbs to heaven. Even with constancy, misfortune.
- Line 1 of 61 Inner Integrity
If behind what you do there's a wish to manipulate others, your intentions will be exposed.
Being ready: good fortune. If there is something else, no ease.
- The judgment of 61 Inner Integrity
When you're whole within, it shows on the outside, and you'll be able to do great things and to let your truth move others toward great undertakings.
Piglets and fish: good fortune. It is favorable to cross the great river. Constancy is favorable.
- The judgment of 29 Water
Just as a stream moves through obstacles and gets past them, following its course without stagnating, you're at a time when obstacles will come one after another, but you'll get past them if you can keep moving. Letting fear paralyze you will only leave you stuck.
There is sincere trust. Only the heart gets through. Going earns esteem.
The trigrams
The way back
29 Water → 61 Inner Integritylines 1 and 6
Other transformations of Inner Integrity
- 20Observinglines 1 and 2
- 57Gentlenesslines 1 and 3
- 37The Tribelines 2 and 3
- 6Conflictlines 1 and 4
- 25Innocencelines 2 and 4
- 1Activitylines 3 and 4
- 4Immaturitylines 1 and 5
- 27Nourishmentlines 2 and 5
- 26Great Achievementslines 3 and 5
- 38Oppositeslines 4 and 5
- 3Initial Obstacleslines 2 and 6
- 5Inactionlines 3 and 6
- 58Inner Peacelines 4 and 6
- 19Fleeting Successlines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.