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渙 59 · Huàn · Dispersion
Wind / Wood over Water — upper Xùn 巽 (gentle, penetrating, gradual); lower Kǎn 坎 (deep, dangerous, flowing)
Hexagram 59, Dispersion (Huàn, 渙), is Wind / Wood over Water. Wind over water. Rigidity dissolves; the frozen flows again.
The situation
Wind over water. Rigidity dissolves; the frozen flows again.
The counsel
Gather people through shared reverence; dissolve the egotism that divides.
The six lines
Line 1 — Rescue with the strength of a horse. Good.
Line 2 — Hurrying to what supports you. Remorse vanishes.
Line 3 — Dissolving the self. No remorse.
Line 4 — Dissolving the group and gathering something wider. Great good.
Line 5 — Loud cries dissolving like sweat; the king abides. No blame.
Line 6 — Dissolving the blood and departing far. No blame.