Hexagram 11 changing to 19: Peace to Approach

Where it starts: 11 Peace

Heaven and earth in communion: a time of flourishing, when the small departs and the great arrives. Heaven below, earth above: the two principles moving toward each other and meeting. Peace is one of the most favourable hexagrams, describing a season when things that belong together are together, when the strong and the gentle cooperate, and when what is petty is on its way out. The tradition's judgement is that the small departs and the great approaches. The reading asks you to enjoy the harmony and to use it: to make agreements, to build, to share the good conditions widely, and to remember that seasons turn, so that the peace is used rather than merely enjoyed.

Where it goes: 19 Approach

A favourable time approaching, and the reminder that it will pass: use it before the eighth month. Lake below, earth above: the earth leaning over the water, the higher approaching the lower with care. Approach describes a rising time, spring coming, the strong lines entering from below and growing. The judgement is very favourable and it contains a warning: in the eighth month there is misfortune. The season will turn. The reading asks you to act now, generously and attentively, as someone in authority approaches those they are responsible for, and to keep the coming turn in mind so that the gains are secured before it arrives.

The lines that move

1. Line 3

   No plain without a slope, no going without a return. Persistence in hardship is without blame.

   The reminder in the middle of peace that peace ends. The line is not gloomy; it asks for the steadiness that lets you enjoy the good season without being wrecked when it turns. Keep your character through both. Enjoy the plain and remember the slope is coming.

What is changing. The situation of Peace is moving toward Approach. Use the good season: build, agree, share, and prepare within plenty for the turn of the cycle. As the change completes: Act generously and attentively while the time is favourable, and secure the gains before it turns.

love and relationships

Now: A time of real harmony, when you and the other person move toward each other easily. Enjoy it and build on it. Agreements made now hold. The reading's only caution is not to take the season for granted. Then: Things are growing and the time to invest in them is now. Approach the other person with care and generosity. The reading's warning is that a good season is not permanent: use it to build what will last past it.

career

Now: Cooperation across levels works, the environment is favourable, and initiatives succeed. Build the structures now that will carry you when conditions are harder. Share the good fortune with the team. Then: Rising influence and opportunity. Engage fully, teach and protect the people you are responsible for, and secure the gains. The eighth month is a real deadline: what is not established by then may be lost.

money

Now: Growth and ease. A good time to invest in what lasts, to settle arrangements, and to be generous. Remember that plenty is a season, and set something aside within it. Then: A growing phase. Invest, build and act while conditions favour it, and set aside for the turn. Do not assume the rise continues indefinitely.

decisions

Now: Decide in favour of growth, agreement and openness. The conditions support the ambitious option. Make the decision now, while things flow, rather than waiting for the peace to prove itself. Then: Act now on the opportunity; delay wastes a favourable season. Choose the option that uses the rising conditions while they last and does not depend on them lasting.