The 64 Hexagrams

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Different Directions

Upper trigram: Fire · Lower trigram: Lake

Judgment

Different directions still allow small agreements without total alignment.

Image

Fire above Lake; from bottom to top: yang, yang, yin, yang, yin, yang.

Find a workable contact point and clear a specific misunderstanding.

Six lines and their changes

  1. 1 / 6

    A straying horse may return without a chase.

    Move this line → Before the Crossing
  2. 2 / 6

    An informal meeting opens a passage through disagreement.

    Move this line → Biting through Obstruction
  3. 3 / 6

    Opposing pulls spoil the beginning, not necessarily the ending.

    Move this line → Great Resources
  4. 4 / 6

    One trustworthy meeting reduces isolation within disagreement.

    Move this line → Reducing with Care
  5. 5 / 6

    A thin barrier between allies can be crossed through approach.

    Move this line → Treading Carefully
  6. 6 / 6

    The drawn bow relaxes when a frightening appearance is understood.

    Move this line → An Unequal Union

Library links use the structural middle-four transform. Meihua casting applies its separate Heaven/Earth exception to a moving figure.

Different Directions · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?

Fire / Lake. Fire above Lake; from bottom to top: yang, yang, yin, yang, yin, yang.

Different Directions · Move this line?

Change exactly one line, numbered from the bottom. Each of the six links below leads to the resulting figure.

Cast with this figure

Classical source · Traditional symbols offer a perspective for reflection, not a prediction of inevitable events.