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Transformation · lines 1, 3, 4, and 6

After the End becomes Decline

既濟 63 After the End 否 12 Decline
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Heaven and earth draw apart as four lines move, and the flow between them stops. The reading rests on the still lines of 12 Decline. Its second line says that holding your strength within carries you through, even with hostile people and circumstances all around. Its fifth line says the stagnation is ending, but you still need caution until the situation is fully stable. The hexagram itself asks you to avoid involvement with adverse people, however tempting their offers, and to keep a low profile. This is the stagnation the starting situation foresaw, already past its worst. Hold your inner ground, keep your distance from the wrong people, and don't rush back into action at the first sign of improvement. Wait until things are truly steady.

What to read, in order

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

  1. Line 2 of 12 Decline, which stays still

    Even when adverse people and situations surround you, keeping your strength inside helps you get through this moment.

    Embracing and obeying. For the petty person, good fortune; for the great person, stagnation. Success.

  2. Line 5 of 12 Decline, which stays still

    The stagnation is ending, but you still need to act with caution until the situation is fully stable.

    Stagnation comes to rest. For the great person, good fortune. “It may be lost, it may be lost”: tied to the leafy mulberry.

  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 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Line 6 of 63 After the End

    This is a period of advance: retreating or stopping will bring you trouble.

    Wets its head. Danger.

  8. The judgment of 12 Decline

    You're surrounded by adverse people and situations. Avoid getting involved with those people, no matter what they offer you. Circumstances aren't good for acting or making decisions; it's time to withdraw to a safe place and wait for conditions to change. It's time to keep a low profile.

    Stagnation: these are not worthy people. The constancy of the noble person is not favorable. The great goes, the small comes.

The trigrams

Below Fire Earth
Above Water Heaven

The way back

12 Decline → 63 After the End
lines 1, 3, 4, and 6

Other transformations of After the End

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