Transformation · lines 3, 4, and 6
Inner Integrity becomes Overflowing
What this change means
The lake rises to heaven and threatens to spill: the third, fourth and top lines move, and 61 Inner Integrity becomes 43 Overflowing. The judgments are weighed together. The first says your sincerity can move people. The second warns of a buildup about to get out of control, personally and in your relationships; what's going on needs to come to light, though not through blunt speech, and careful words and a generous act can ease the tension. Here integrity meets pressure. Being truthful doesn't mean blurting everything out. Find a way to make the situation visible without provoking. Choose words with care, lower the temperature with a generous act, and stay honest underneath. Truth spoken with tact can release pressure that bluntness would turn into an explosion.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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 43 Overflowing
It's a time of excessive buildup: some situations are about to get out of control and overwhelm you, both personally and in your relationships. You need to bring what's happening into the open, but without speaking about it directly; watch your words so you don't provoke reactions. It's a time to act generously to ease the tension that's there.
It is proclaimed in the king's court. A sincere cry: there is danger. Word comes from one's own city. It is not favorable to take up arms. It is favorable to have somewhere to go.
- 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 4 of 61 Inner Integrity
It's a time to lean on spiritual forces to strengthen your inner integrity and head confidently toward your goal, without looking back.
The moon is nearly full. One horse of the pair is lost. 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 trigrams
The way back
43 Overflowing → 61 Inner Integritylines 3, 4, and 6
Other transformations of Inner Integrity
- 53Gradual Progresslines 1, 2, and 3
- 12Declinelines 1, 2, and 4
- 44Lack of Firmnesslines 1, 3, and 4
- 13Gathering with Equalslines 2, 3, and 4
- 23The Falllines 1, 2, and 5
- 18Loss, Then Gainlines 1, 3, and 5
- 22Good Mannerslines 2, 3, and 5
- 64Transitionlines 1, 4, and 5
- 21Bitinglines 2, 4, and 5
- 14Wealthlines 3, 4, and 5
- 8Unionlines 1, 2, and 6
- 48Right Actionlines 1, 3, and 6
- 63After the Endlines 2, 3, and 6
- 47Overwhelmedlines 1, 4, and 6
- 17Adaptinglines 2, 4, and 6
- 7The Armylines 1, 5, and 6
- 24Coming Backlines 2, 5, and 6
- 11Well-Beinglines 3, 5, and 6
- 54A Subordinate Rolelines 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.