Transformation · lines 2, 3, 5, and 6
Inner Integrity becomes Darkness
What this change means
Light sinks below the earth as four lines change, turning inner trust into 36 Darkness. Look to the first and fourth lines, which stay still. The first says pushing ahead now only reveals obstacles; stay on the true path your heart points to, keep your goal in view, and go as far as you're able. The fourth says you'll come to understand what's behind your hardships, and that lets you move fast and reach safe ground before adversity takes hold. So this is a dark season, and your integrity is the lamp you carry inside. Don't display it where it will draw attention. Keep faith with your path quietly. Use what you understand to protect yourself, and step back in time. Hard times pass, and an intact heart is what you'll bring into the better ones.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 1 of 36 Darkness, which stays still
Trying to move ahead right now will only show you obstacles. Keep persevering on the right path, the one your heart moves you along, without straying from your goal and advancing as far as you can.
The wounded light, in flight, lowers its wings. The noble person is on the road: three days without eating. There is somewhere to go; the host grumbles.
- Line 4 of 36 Darkness, which stays still
You'll be allowed to see the causes of the hard situations you're facing. This will help you act quickly and withdraw to safe ground before adversity takes complete control.
It enters the left side of the belly; it reaches the heart of the wounded light and goes out through the courtyard gate.
- 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.
- Line 2 of 61 Inner Integrity
Your inner integrity will draw kindred people who are willing to be generous with you.
A crane cries in the shade; its chick answers. I have a fine cup: you and I will drain it together.
- Line 3 of 61 Inner Integrity
If your security rests on other people's approval and acceptance, you'll ride emotional ups and downs and won't fully enjoy what you gain.
Meets an adversary: now drumming, now stopping, now weeping, now singing.
- Line 5 of 61 Inner Integrity
You have an inner strength that lets you draw others toward a shared well-being and shared goals.
There is sincere trust, holding fast like links in a chain. No fault.
- 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.
- The judgment of 36 Darkness
It's a dark time: circumstances force you to live alongside the wrong people. If you know how to protect yourself, hold on to your integrity, and go unnoticed, without openly showing your light and your talents, you'll stay safe until better times come. However hard they seem, hard times pass too.
Constancy in hardship is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
36 Darkness → 61 Inner Integritylines 2, 3, 5, and 6
Other transformations of Inner Integrity
- 33Leaving Behindlines 1, 2, 3, and 4
- 52Abidinglines 1, 2, 3, and 5
- 35Advancelines 1, 2, 4, and 5
- 50The Vessel of Nourishmentlines 1, 3, 4, and 5
- 30The Flamelines 2, 3, 4, and 5
- 39Held Backlines 1, 2, 3, and 6
- 45Meetinglines 1, 2, 4, and 6
- 28Excesseslines 1, 3, 4, and 6
- 49Renewallines 2, 3, 4, and 6
- 2Passivitylines 1, 2, 5, and 6
- 46Going Uplines 1, 3, 5, and 6
- 40Clearing Obstacleslines 1, 4, 5, and 6
- 51Shocklines 2, 4, 5, and 6
- 34Great Manifestationlines 3, 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.