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Transformation · lines 2 and 3

Release from Obstacles becomes Gradual Progress

渙 59 Release from Obstacles 漸 53 Gradual Progress
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Here the scattering slows down. With the second and third lines moving, the Water below hardens into Mountain, and wind over a mountain makes 53 Gradual Progress. The third line leads: be clear enough about your aims that you can give way, letting your own self matter less than the unity you're after. The second line backs it up: see where you've isolated yourself and pulled away from what you shared, and return to what supports you. Both are inner moves, quiet and honest. What they open onto is progress that comes step by step, through stages that make it lasting. Trying to rush the reunion or force agreement will bring delays. Take one rung at a time: a conversation, an apology, a shared task. A tree on a mountain grows slowly, but it roots deeply, and that's the kind of bond this change can build.

What to read, in order

Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.

  1. Line 3 of 59 Release from Obstacles

    If you're clear about your goals and purposes, you'll be able to give ground so as to find unity and get past the obstacles.

    Scatters its own self. No regret.

  2. Line 2 of 59 Release from Obstacles

    Recognizing that you've isolated yourself and pulled away from shared purposes will help you get past the obstacles.

    In the scattering, it runs to its support. Regret vanishes.

  3. The judgment of 59 Release from Obstacles

    You can free yourself from the obstacles that hold you back if you're able to act sincerely and bring opposites together around shared goals. The tension has arisen because selfishness rules. To move forward, be humble and let the current carry you rather than going against it.

    Success. The king goes to his temple. It is favorable to cross the great river. Constancy is favorable.

  4. The judgment of 53 Gradual Progress

    You'll make progress, and it will come step by step, gradually, through stages that make it lasting and stable. Trying to speed things up will bring delays and obstacles. Keep at it, one rung at a time.

    The woman goes to be married: good fortune. Constancy is favorable.

The trigrams

Below Water Mountain
Above Wind stays

The way back

53 Gradual Progress → 59 Release from Obstacles
lines 2 and 3

Other transformations of Release from Obstacles

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