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Transformation · lines 1, 2, 4, and 6

Success in Small Matters becomes Great Achievements

小過 62 Success in Small Matters 大畜 26 Great Achievements
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Heaven held inside the mountain: that's the figure once four lines move, a great strength stored and contained. The reading follows the still lines of 26 Great Achievements. Its third line sees the path opening gradually and the time for action at hand, though circumstances will force pauses now and then; use those pauses to keep preparing. Its fifth line adds that facing people and situations trying to stop you, not head-on but cleverly, ensures your success. The hexagram itself favors stepping beyond your comfort zone. After a time of small means, this is a real expansion, but one with brakes built in. Move forward when the way opens, pause without frustration when it closes, and deal with resistance by intelligence rather than force. What you've stored up through patience is what lets you go further now.

What to read, in order

Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.

  1. Line 3 of 26 Great Achievements, which stays still

    The way is clearing little by little, and it's time to act; still, watch for situations that force you to stop at certain moments. At those times, keep preparing for when it's time to move forward.

    Good horses in pursuit. Constancy in hardship is favorable. Each day, drill with the chariot and in defense. It is favorable to have somewhere to go.

  2. Line 5 of 26 Great Achievements, which stays still

    Facing the situations and people trying to stop you, not head-on but cleverly, ensures your success.

    The tusks of a gelded boar. Good fortune.

  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 4 of 62 Success in Small Matters

    It's not the time to act, but it is the time to stand firm, without straying from your purposes, until the time to act arrives.

    No fault. Without going beyond, it meets it. Going is dangerous: be on guard. Do not act with lasting constancy.

  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 26 Great Achievements

    It's a good moment to leave your comfort zone and take on new actions, beyond what you think you can do. Heaven favors unusual actions that will lead you to success, because you have the qualities needed.

    Constancy is favorable. Not eating at home brings good fortune. It is favorable to cross the great river.

The trigrams

Below Mountain Heaven
Above Thunder Mountain

The way back

26 Great Achievements → 62 Success in Small Matters
lines 1, 2, 4, and 6

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