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Growing Upward
Upper trigram: Earth · Lower trigram: Wind
Judgment
Upward growth benefits from capable guidance rather than anxious isolation.
Image
Earth above Wind; from bottom to top: yin, yang, yang, yin, yin, yin.
Define the support required for the next step.
Six lines and their changes
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An accepted first rise rests on support below.
Move this line → Open Exchange2 / 6
A modest offering can express sincere purpose during advancement.
Move this line → Modesty in Action3 / 6
An empty town is easy to enter; consider what arrival actually gains.
Move this line → An Organized Force4 / 6
The mountain ceremony places advancement within a shared order.
Move this line → Continuity with Direction5 / 6
Visible steps make ascent more dependable than a leap.
Move this line → The Common Well6 / 6
Blind upward striving needs a purpose deeper than height alone.
Move this line → Repairing Decay
Library links use the structural middle-four transform. Meihua casting applies its separate Heaven/Earth exception to a moving figure.
Growing Upward · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?
Earth / Wind. Earth above Wind; from bottom to top: yin, yang, yang, yin, yin, yin.
Growing Upward · 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.