Transformation · lines 1 and 2
Success in Small Matters becomes Great Manifestation
What this change means
Two lines at the base move together, and the second leads: know your limits and put your energy into small achievements, because that is what bears fruit right now. The first line adds the warning beside it, the bird that flies before its time and comes to grief. With both changing, the Mountain below becomes Heaven and thunder rides over strength, giving 34 Great Manifestation as the resulting hexagram. That hexagram speaks of real capacity for large projects, but only for someone who keeps persevering and acts in harmony with what they think. The tension is clear: you may feel stronger than the moment allows. Strength is growing, yet the way to it still runs through modest, well-measured steps. Use the force you have to do small things very well, keep your conduct in line with what's right, and let the larger reach come once the ground can carry it.
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 62 Success in Small Matters
Recognizing your limitations right now and focusing on small achievements will bear fruit.
Passes the grandfather and meets the grandmother; does not reach the lord and meets the minister. No fault.
- Line 1 of 62 Success in Small Matters
Failing to recognize your limits and trying to go beyond what you can do right now will bring you loss.
The bird in flight: so, misfortune.
- The judgment of 62 Success in Small Matters
This isn't a time for great things; it's a time for small achievements. Recognizing that will help you live in step with the moment. Trying to go beyond your present means and resources will lead you astray and waste your efforts.
Success. Constancy is favorable. Small things can be done, not great ones. The flying bird leaves its call behind: it is not fitting to rise, it is fitting to descend. Great good fortune.
- 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 → 62 Success in Small Matterslines 1 and 2
Other transformations of Success in Small Matters
- 51Shocklines 1 and 3
- 40Clearing Obstacleslines 2 and 3
- 36Darknesslines 1 and 4
- 46Going Uplines 2 and 4
- 2Passivitylines 3 and 4
- 49Renewallines 1 and 5
- 28Excesseslines 2 and 5
- 45Meetinglines 3 and 5
- 39Held Backlines 4 and 5
- 30The Flamelines 1 and 6
- 50The Vessel of Nourishmentlines 2 and 6
- 35Advancelines 3 and 6
- 52Abidinglines 4 and 6
- 33Leaving Behindlines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.