Transformation · lines 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6
After the End becomes Immaturity
What this change means
A spring breaks out beneath the mountain as five lines move and only the fourth stays. That still line of 4 Immaturity is short and direct: dreaming without acting leads to failure. The hexagram itself says you don't yet have the maturity to reach what you want in this area; act with humility, ask for guidance and put the advice into practice. After a success, it's easy to drift into imagining the next one without doing the work. This movement warns against that. Admit what you still need to learn, find someone who can teach you, and apply what you're told. Turn plans into steps, however small. Action, guided by good counsel, is what keeps you from sliding from success into stagnation.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 4 of 4 Immaturity, which stays still
Dreaming without acting leads you to failure.
Ignorance hemmed in. Distress.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Line 5 of 63 After the End
If your actions come from the heart and are genuine, a small action can bring great results.
The eastern neighbor slaughters an ox; it is not worth the simple offering of the western neighbor, who truly receives the blessing.
- Line 6 of 63 After the End
This is a period of advance: retreating or stopping will bring you trouble.
Wets its head. Danger.
- The judgment of 4 Immaturity
Be aware that you don't yet have the maturity you need to reach what you're after in the area of your question. Act with humility: ask for guidance, seek advice and counsel, and put what you're told into practice.
Success. I do not go looking for the ignorant youth; the ignorant youth comes looking for me. The first time the oracle is asked, I answer. A second and a third asking is an offense, and an offense gets no answer. Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
4 Immaturity → 63 After the Endlines 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6
Other transformations of After the End
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.