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Transformation · lines 3 and 5

After the End becomes Coming Back

既濟 63 After the End 復 24 Coming Back
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

With the third and fifth lines moving, thunder returns inside the earth: a new cycle starts quietly underneath. The fifth line leads: a small, sincere action brings more than a costly display, like the simple offering that wins the blessing over the slaughtered ox. The third line weighs the alternative: growth by conquest would demand drastic means and years of effort, with no role for small-minded helpers. The resulting hexagram, 24 Coming Back, describes a return after a dark stretch, with help and favor, as long as you remember the mistakes that led you astray. The choice points one way. Skip the costly conquest and begin again modestly and honestly. Look at what went wrong before, act from the heart, and let help come to you as the new start takes shape.

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 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.

  2. 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.

  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. The judgment of 24 Coming Back

    After a period of adversity and darkness, the return comes. Still, be aware of the mistakes that led you into the dark, because if you repeat them you could fall again. People will come to help you, and your undertakings and projects will be favored.

    Success. Going out and coming in without harm; friends arrive, no fault. Back and forth along its way: in seven days comes the return. It is favorable to have somewhere to go.

The trigrams

Below Fire Thunder
Above Water Earth

The way back

24 Coming Back → 63 After the End
lines 3 and 5

Other transformations of After the End

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