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Open Exchange
Upper trigram: Earth · Lower trigram: Heaven
Judgment
Open exchange allows larger capacities to arrive, but does not end change.
Image
Earth above Heaven; from bottom to top: yang, yang, yang, yin, yin, yin.
Use the opening while maintaining the conditions that support it.
Six lines and their changes
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Grass roots lift together; one advance draws companions along.
Move this line → Growing Upward2 / 6
Include distant and overlooked people, not only familiar allies.
Move this line → Protecting the Light3 / 6
Level ground becomes a slope; openness has changing conditions.
Move this line → Drawing Near4 / 6
Neighbors gather through trust rather than wealth or pressure.
Move this line → Strength with Limits5 / 6
A royal marriage symbolizes connection through lowered barriers of rank.
Move this line → Waiting with Readiness6 / 6
The wall falls into its moat; consolidate locally instead of mobilizing force.
Move this line → Strength Held in Reserve
Library links use the structural middle-four transform. Meihua casting applies its separate Heaven/Earth exception to a moving figure.
Open Exchange · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?
Earth / Heaven. Earth above Heaven; from bottom to top: yang, yang, yang, yin, yin, yin.
Open Exchange · Move this line?
Change exactly one line, numbered from the bottom. Each of the six links below leads to the resulting figure.
Classical source · Traditional symbols offer a perspective for reflection, not a prediction of inevitable events.