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恆 32 · Héng · Duration
Thunder over Wind / Wood — upper Zhèn 震 (arousing, sudden movement); lower Xùn 巽 (gentle, penetrating, gradual)
Hexagram 32, Duration (Héng, 恆), is Thunder over Wind / Wood. Thunder and wind. Constancy through change; the enduring that moves.
The situation
Thunder and wind. Constancy through change; the enduring that moves.
The counsel
Keep going on the path already proven. Do not seek permanence in restlessness.
The six lines
Line 1 — Seeking duration too hastily. Misfortune.
Line 2 — Remorse disappears.
Line 3 — Not giving duration to character. Shame.
Line 4 — No game in the field.
Line 5 — Constancy in one’s role: good for the one who follows, misfortune for the one who must lead.
Line 6 — Restlessness as a lasting condition. Misfortune.