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HEXAGRAM 57 OF 64 WIND OVER WIND

THE GENTLE

巽 Xùn

gentleness, penetration, the wind, persistent influence, indecision

ROASTIE

The Gentle. Wind over Wind, persistent influence, the slow way in, and the indecision that comes with it. The book says small success, have somewhere to go. You've been gently influencing a situation for a year the way a draft influences a door. It moves a little. Nobody's sure why. Nobody's sure you're there. Ya roasted!

THE JUDGMENT

Small success. It profits to have somewhere to go and to see the great man.

THE LINES, BOTTOM TO TOP

  1. Line 1 Advancing and retreating, unable to decide; the firmness of a soldier profits.
  2. Line 2 Penetrating beneath the bed; priests and diviners used in great numbers; good fortune, no mistake.
  3. Line 3 Penetrating again and again, over and over; cause for regret.
  4. Line 4 Regret disappears; in the hunt three kinds of game are taken.
  5. Line 5 Firmness brings good fortune, regret disappears; a poor beginning, a good end; three days before the change, three after.
  6. Line 6 Penetrating beneath the bed; he loses his axe and his goods; persisting brings misfortune.
THROW YOUR OWN ALL SIXTY-FOUR

Text: the I Ching, after James Legge's 1882 translation, public domain, trimmed into plain English. The take: a coffee bean, licensed in nothing.