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Return

HEXAGRAM 24 · FÙ

ABOVE☷坤Earth

BELOW☳震Thunder

THE JUDGEMENT

Return. Success. Going out and coming in without haste. Friends come, no blame. The way goes to and fro: on the seventh day comes return. It furthers to have somewhere to go.

THE IMAGE

Thunder within the earth: the image of Return. Thus the kings of old closed the passes at the solstice: merchants and travelers did not go about, and the ruler did not visit the regions.

THE LINES

Nine at the beginningReturn from a short distance: no remorse. Great good fortune.

Six in the second placeQuiet return: good fortune.

Six in the third placeRepeated return: danger, no blame.

Six in the fourth placeHe walks in the midst of others, and returns alone.

Six in the fifth placeMagnanimous return: no remorse.

Six at the topMissing the return: misfortune, from within and from without. If armies are set marching so, in the end a great defeat is suffered, disastrous for the lord of the land: for ten years no attack can be made again.

KEYWORDS

returnrenewalrecoveryturning pointnew beginning