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艮 52 · Gèn · Stillness
Mountain over Mountain — upper Gèn 艮 (still, resting, bounded); lower Gèn 艮 (still, resting, bounded)
Hexagram 52, Stillness (Gèn, 艮), is Mountain over Mountain. Mountain doubled. Keeping still; not seeing the body.
The situation
Mountain doubled. Keeping still; not seeing the body.
The counsel
Rest when it is time to rest; move when it is time to move. Stillness is not stuckness.
The six lines
Line 1 — Still in the toes. No blame.
Line 2 — Still in the calves; cannot rescue the one you follow. Heart not glad.
Line 3 — Still in the hips, back stiff. Danger; the heart suffocates.
Line 4 — Still in the torso. No blame.
Line 5 — Still in the jaws; ordered words. Remorse vanishes.
Line 6 — Noble stillness. Good.