The 64 Hexagrams

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Waiting with Readiness

Upper trigram: Water · Lower trigram: Heaven

Judgment

Danger ahead calls for trustworthy waiting with resources for a later crossing.

Image

Water above Heaven; from bottom to top: yang, yang, yang, yin, yang, yin.

A useful pause keeps provisions, distance, and an exit.

Six lines and their changes

  1. 1 / 6

    Waiting in the outskirts keeps danger distant; maintain ordinary routines there.

    Move this line → The Common Well
  2. 2 / 6

    Sand lies nearer the water; minor criticism need not set the pace.

    Move this line → After the Crossing
  3. 3 / 6

    Mud makes footing unreliable; advancing toward danger invites further trouble.

    Move this line → Useful Boundaries
  4. 4 / 6

    Waiting has entered a place of injury; finding an exit now matters more than endurance.

    Move this line → A Clear Resolution
  5. 5 / 6

    Food and drink sustain the pause; preserve resources while the situation ripens.

    Move this line → Open Exchange
  6. 6 / 6

    Unexpected guests arrive in the shelter; respectful attention can turn surprise into support.

    Move this line → Small Restraints

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

Waiting with Readiness · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?

Water / Heaven. Water above Heaven; from bottom to top: yang, yang, yang, yin, yang, yin.

Waiting with Readiness · 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.