Eastern Divination

Hexagram #35

jìn

Progress

Upper ☰

Li (Fire)

fire · Clinging

Lower ☷

Kun (Earth)

earth · Receptive

📜The Judgment

Progress. The powerful prince is honored with horses in large numbers. In a single day he is granted audience three times.

🏔The Image

The sun rises over the earth. The superior person brightens their bright virtue.

The Lines
Yin

First (Bottom)

Progressing, but turned back. Perseverance brings good fortune. If one meets with no confidence, remain calm. No mistake.

Yin

Second

Progressing, but in sorrow. Perseverance brings good fortune. One receives great happiness from one's grandmother.

Yin

Third

All are in accord. Remorse disappears.

Yang

Fourth

Progress like a hamster. Perseverance brings danger. Hoarding in a time of advance.

Yin

Fifth

Remorse disappears. Take not gain and loss to heart. Undertakings bring good fortune. Everything serves to further.

Yang

Sixth (Top)

Making progress with the horns. Only to punish one's own city. Awareness of danger brings good fortune. No blame. Perseverance brings humiliation.