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A Blocked Passage
Upper trigram: Water · Lower trigram: Mountain
Judgment
A blocked passage favors a workable direction and capable help.
Image
Water above Mountain; from bottom to top: yin, yin, yang, yin, yang, yin.
Locate whether the difficulty lies in route, capacity, or coordination.
Six lines and their changes
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Turning back early can be wiser than entering the obstruction.
Move this line → After the Crossing2 / 6
Difficulty follows an entrusted duty, beyond private convenience.
Move this line → The Common Well3 / 6
Return to a supportive base before planning another approach.
Move this line → Joining Together4 / 6
When solitary progress fails, join resources with others.
Move this line → Mutual Response5 / 6
Companions arriving in great difficulty make the burden shareable.
Move this line → Modesty in Action6 / 6
Return toward capable guidance rather than repeatedly meet the barrier.
Move this line → Progress by Stages
Library links use the structural middle-four transform. Meihua casting applies its separate Heaven/Earth exception to a moving figure.
A Blocked Passage · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?
Water / Mountain. Water above Mountain; from bottom to top: yin, yin, yang, yin, yang, yin.
A Blocked Passage · 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.