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Transformation · lines 1, 2, 3, and 4

After the End becomes Overwhelmed

既濟 63 After the End 困 47 Overwhelmed
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Four lines change, and the water drains out of the lake: the figure becomes a dry basin over a pit. The reading turns to the still lines of 47 Overwhelmed. Its fifth line says things will improve little by little, thanks to your habit of helping others, and that spiritual resources will help a great deal now. Its top line says the pressure is almost over and the remaining obstacles should give way easily, especially if your inner strength is with you. The hexagram as a whole describes a hard-pressed time where all you can do is accept it and lean on your inner light. This is the stagnation the starting situation warned about. It can be softened. Keep helping others, nourish whatever practice steadies you inside, and trust that the pressure is already easing.

What to read, in order

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

  1. Line 5 of 47 Overwhelmed, which stays still

    Little by little things will improve, thanks to your habit of helping others. Spiritual resources will be a great help now.

    Nose cut off, feet cut off. Hard pressed by the red sash. Little by little relief comes. It is favorable to make sacrifices.

  2. Line 6 of 47 Overwhelmed, which stays still

    The pressure is nearing its end, and the obstacles will be easy to overcome. If your inner strength is with you as well, success will come much more easily.

    Hard pressed among creeping vines, on what totters. It is said: moving brings regret. If there is regret, setting out brings good fortune.

  3. The judgment of 63 After the End

    You're in a situation where you'll have a passing success: everything seems to be in your favor, and at the end comes a period of stagnation. If you prepare for it ahead of time, you'll be able to soften its effects.

    Success in small things. Constancy is favorable. At first, good fortune; in the end, disorder.

  4. Line 1 of 63 After the End

    If you try to move ahead too fast, you won't get results. But if you can stop and wait for better conditions, there will be achievements.

    Drags back on its wheels; wets its tail. No fault.

  5. Line 2 of 63 After the End

    Don't try to recover what you lose for now: it will come back to you naturally.

    The wife loses the screen of her carriage. Do not chase it: in seven days it is found.

  6. Line 3 of 63 After the End

    If you want to expand right now, you'll have to use extreme measures to clear the obstacles in the way.

    The High Ancestor attacks the land of Guifang; in three years he conquers it. Do not employ the petty person.

  7. Line 4 of 63 After the End

    If you get careless during times of expansion, old unresolved matters may come to light. Stay alert so you can put them right.

    There are rags for the leaks in the boat; on guard all day long.

  8. The judgment of 47 Overwhelmed

    Things are very much against you: the wrong people surround you, no one believes what you say, and obstacles hem you in. All you can do is accept it and wait for better conditions to come. Your only resource is the inner light that lives in you; turn to that strength to hold you up right now.

    Success. For the great person, constancy brings good fortune. No fault. They speak and are not believed.

The trigrams

Below Fire Water
Above Water Lake

The way back

47 Overwhelmed → 63 After the End
lines 1, 2, 3, and 4

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