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Transformation · lines 2, 3, 4, and 5

After the End becomes A Subordinate Role

既濟 63 After the End 歸妹 54 A Subordinate Role
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Thunder rises over the lake when the four middle lines change, and the figure moves from completion to a secondary place. The reading weighs the still lines of 54 A Subordinate Role. Its first line says that when you accept a supporting role and work from the background, helping where you can without looking for attention, things go well. Its top line warns that taking that position with resentment loses you the rewards you'd find in doing it wholeheartedly. The hexagram says personal initiative tends to fail now; recognize the moment until your position improves. After a success, this can sting. Accept it fully, not halfway. Help from where you stand, let others take the front, and do it with a whole heart; that attitude is what keeps the good you've built from souring.

What to read, in order

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

  1. Line 1 of 54 A Subordinate Role, which stays still

    If you know how to hold your subordinate place and stay in the background, helping from there however you can without seeking the spotlight, things will go well.

    The young woman marries as a second wife. The lame can walk. Setting out brings good fortune.

  2. Line 6 of 54 A Subordinate Role, which stays still

    Holding a subordinate position with resentment or unease only makes you lose the rewards you'd find if you did it wholeheartedly.

    The woman holds the basket, and there is nothing in it; the man cuts the sheep, and there is no blood. Nothing is favorable.

  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 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.

  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 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.

  8. The judgment of 54 A Subordinate Role

    You're in a situation where you have to take second place to others; any personal initiative will lead to failure. Recognizing the moment and acting in keeping with it is all you can do until things change and you're in a better position.

    Setting out brings misfortune. Nothing is favorable.

The trigrams

Below Fire Lake
Above Water Thunder

The way back

54 A Subordinate Role → 63 After the End
lines 2, 3, 4, and 5

Other transformations of After the End

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