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Duì-Zhèn, Lake-Thunder

  Duì meeting Zhèn is a time of renewal. The old and obsolete will have to make way for new creativity. Life is change, each new cycle must be recognized and followed, otherwise life loses its energy. The born hunters take the lead, they follow the fresh tracks, they find new game and build new roads.
  The Marsh is the perfect home for seeds, it provides moisture and safety. Thunder will sprout them. Thunder and Lake also awaken people and allow them to explore the possibilities of their environment or their own abilities. Groups change both as a whole and as individuals. When they learn from the past and renew with honesty, they find their most valuable future.
  The Heaven-line is yin and brings rain. The Earth line is yang and shows her beauty. Life is beneficient and looks bright. This is a time to celebrate nature and health.

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The initiative

The top line (Heaven-line) shows the change of the focus or initiative.

The top line is generally where the initiative comes from, but here it is yin, both in- and outside. It might be that you asked about a matter where the initiative or action doesn’t come from you. Yin is compliant and absorbing and occasionally accepts too easily, but it keeps the excess of dominance and lack of empathy of the Heaven-line in balance. A yin Heaven-line may bring rain: blessings – concrete sustainable solutions.
Yin will reinforce you to process ideas and projects and to continue working on them. Yin is not aiming for success but for a job well done. It is nurturing and attractive, but there will be no output yet, for the time being your plans ask input, like ideas, energy, maybe money, and keep doing so for the time being.

When plans include the work, they will thrive.

The subject

The bottom line (Earth-line) shows the change of the field or subject.

  The bottom line is stationary yang. This line is the subject, or the ‘field’ where you pour in or find both the cause and the means for your initiative: space, material, helpers or other people, even food for thought. It is the line of the earth, of resources and realization. It is a 'receiving' line, the earth needs food to develop things.
  Here she is yang, she does not absorb or concretize, she is giving. Things look interesting and bright and give back. What you want to achieve inspires you, but take care not to deplete resources. Things will gain clarity but it is not yet a time of concrete results.
  Yang at the bottom line brings balance between yin and yang. Its light penetrates the undefined power of the earth-line, it inspires yin to make its imaginings grow, and it gives each creature or plan or venture its rightful structure.

Enjoy the now and its possibilities.

The Outcome

九二变震, 震为雷, 名谓雨泽加雷, 动威致润,
启悴发枯, 六合荣和, 物皆秀丽, 森森仁恩,
天泽滂沛, 小往大来, 斯为至贵。
When the second line changes it activates Zhen. Zhen is the thunder; and this describes rain with thunder: movement that inspires awe and brings moisture.
It dispels dryness and withering. The world is happy and in harmony. All things are beautiful; charity and goodness abound like the trees of a dense forest.
The rainwater flows freely, the small goes and the big comes, thus wealth is attained.

  When Dui activates Zhen, yang's stubbornness dissolves. Thinking is not always the best way, quick or unexpected actions or turns often bring the creative discovery or solution. Without the shocks of Thunder with their germinating power, society would petrify amidst all its known and safe roads. The new and young and unexpected keep it alive.
  General: When yang meets yin, its shine will decrease, but now things will proceed in a more tangible way. Resources will be used to create concrete results. Things change from giving to absorbing, from ideas and inspiration to processing, from overviewing to being part of the work. And if there are problems, a decrease can be what you need.
  It can also mean that it is time to pass the reins to your guts and intuition instead of your head.

  The timing of this change of the outcome:
  春而得此,生荣万物；夏而得此, 长养随宜；秋而得此, 岁功乐成; 冬而得, 却非所宜, 雷声陷伏, 号令收藏, 安可出外, 若出谓之非时, 恐致灾皆。
  When it is spring and this is obtained, then life is glorious to all beings.
  When it is summer and this is obtained, then everything grows effortlessly as if by itself.
  When it is autumn and this is obtained, the annual harvest is a success.
  When it is winter and this is obtained, it is not the appropriate time. The sound of thunder is trapped and hidden; its orders are put on hold. How then could peace come out? If this inadequacy manifests, there will be fear and disaster.

  Each line, active or at rest, summons one of the 8 trigrams as a Helper. For an activated line: telling you what you need - or about a problem area or something to avoid.
  For a stationary line: this is what you already have or do or what you don't need. Often we just need a reminder of our abilities. Or it could be what you wish or fear - but will not happen.
  Active lines are the helpers to change things. Stationary helpers are part of the core meaning, they are your soul talking. They reinforce the overall power of a reading.
  Advice for the initiative:Qian, Heaven, with his severe structure and his timing, is lacking here or not needed. Yin remains Yin.
  Advice for the subject:Kan, Water, with his direction and focus, his courage to take risks and his talent to give things shape, is lacking here or not needed. Yang remains Yang.
  Advice for the outcome: Zhen, Thunder with his energy and stimulation and quick actions.