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Transformation · lines 1, 2, 3, and 5

Success in Small Matters becomes Inner Peace

小過 62 Success in Small Matters 兌 58 Inner Peace
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

A doubled Lake, open and joyful, is where this movement lands: four lines change and the figure leaves the narrow caution of the start behind. Here the reading looks to the two still lines of 58 Inner Peace. Its fourth line describes a swing between serenity and indulgence, where one leads to empty pleasure and the other to real joy. Its top line warns that without genuine calm inside, shallow entertainments win you over bit by bit until you lose control. The resulting hexagram itself speaks of a calm that lets you achieve a great deal, nourished by people whose energy is like yours, as long as you keep your goals in view. So the gift of this change is ease, and the risk is drifting. Enjoy good company and a lighter mood, but choose serenity over distraction. Keep a few clear aims, and don't let pleasant diversions take the wheel.

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 58 Inner Peace, which stays still

    You're moving between serenity and indulgence. Indulgence leads to empty pleasure; serenity, to inner joy. That is the true path to success.

    Joy that bargains, never at rest. Once the ill is set apart, there is gladness.

  2. Line 6 of 58 Inner Peace, which stays still

    If you haven't developed real inner peace, you're easy prey for shallow entertainments, which will win you over bit by bit until you lose yourself in them. Now you're only in the hands of fate; you have no control.

    Joy that draws on.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Line 3 of 62 Success in Small Matters

    Carelessness and excess bring trouble.

    Unless one goes beyond in guarding oneself, someone following will do harm. Misfortune.

  7. Line 5 of 62 Success in Small Matters

    Your humility will help you find people who will act on your behalf.

    Thick clouds, yet no rain, out of our western fields. The prince shoots a corded arrow and takes what is in the cave.

  8. The judgment of 58 Inner Peace

    You're in a time of calm and inner peace that lets you achieve great things. Spending time with people whose energy is like yours will nourish and recharge you to reach your aims. Still, don't lose sight of your goals, or you'll slide into inertia.

    Success. Constancy is favorable.

The trigrams

Below Mountain Lake
Above Thunder Lake

The way back

58 Inner Peace → 62 Success in Small Matters
lines 1, 2, 3, and 5

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