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Transformation · lines 1, 2, 3, and 6

Success in Small Matters becomes Opposites

小過 62 Success in Small Matters 睽 38 Opposites
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Fire rises above a lake once four lines shift, two elements heading in different directions. The reading turns to the still lines of 38 Opposites. Its fourth line says that keeping to yourself in a time of opposition helps you find people who are truly like you, and leads to success. Its fifth line adds that among opposites you'll find someone loyal whom you don't recognize at first, but who will come to you and support you. The hexagram as a whole notes that what you can achieve for now is small, yet you shouldn't give in; keep your own nature and contribute from there. That matches the starting situation well. Accept small gains, don't force agreement with people unlike you, and stay true to yourself. The right ally may arrive unexpectedly; leave room for them to approach.

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 38 Opposites, which stays still

    Keeping to yourself in this time of opposition will help you find people who are truly like you and achieve success.

    Alone in opposition, meets a worthy man; they trust each other. Danger. No fault.

  2. Line 5 of 38 Opposites, which stays still

    In the midst of opposites you'll find someone loyal whom you won't recognize at first, but they'll come to you and support you.

    Regret vanishes. Their clan bites into tender flesh. Going: what fault could there be?

  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 6 of 62 Success in Small Matters

    If you insist on chasing goals that are out of reach for now, you'll lose whatever you put into them.

    Not meeting it, goes past it. The bird in flight falls into the net. Misfortune. This is called calamity and ruin.

  8. The judgment of 38 Opposites

    You're in a situation of opposition: the people around you are different from you, yet you need to share with them. This means that what you can achieve for now is small. Even so, don't give in. It matters that both you and they keep your own nature and contribute from there to a shared project.

    In small matters, good fortune.

The trigrams

Below Mountain Lake
Above Thunder Fire

The way back

38 Opposites → 62 Success in Small Matters
lines 1, 2, 3, and 6

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