漸易屯

20210906 5303 KoΔ XI-XX-XXI-四 #53.1,3,6 ➤ #3

䷴ Hexagram 53 is named 漸 (jiàn), "Infiltrating".

Or "development (gradual progress)" and "advancement".

Its inner trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain.

Its outer trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind.

䷂ Hexagram 3 is named 屯 (zhūn), "Sprouting".

Or "difficulty at the beginning", "gathering support", and "hoarding".

Its inner (lower) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = (雷) thunder.

Its outer (upper) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water.

The beginning ䷴ Hexagram 53 漸 breaks down into the upper trigram of Wind above the lower trigram of Mountain.

The successive changed ䷂ Hexagram 3 屯 deconstructs into a transitioned upper trigram of Water above a transitioned lower trigram of Thunder.

Changing line #1

初六：鸿渐于干，小子厉，有言，无咎。

Six at the beginning means:

The wild goose gradually draws near the shore.

The young son is in danger.

There is talk. No blame.

"Wild Swan Swimming Toward Shore"

This is a time of new beginnings. The shore is only the first goal to reach while heading toward the high mountains. As I am looking for a new beginning (second 27 cycle), I may feel alone for a while. This is natural. Let me be all right with where I am.

Changing line #3

九三：鸿渐于陆，夫征不复，妇孕不育，凶；利御寇。

Nine in the third place means:

The wild goose gradually draws near the plateau.

The man goes forth and does not return.

The woman carries a child but does not bring it forth.

Misfortune.

It furthers one to fight off robbers.

"Landing on Dry Land"

This line is a sign that I have taken an incorrect turn. A wild swan needs marshland, not dry land. Let me stop, rest and backtrack a little. Soon I will be heading in the proper direction again.

Changing line #6

上九：鸿渐于陆，其羽可用为仪，吉。

Nine at the top means:

The wild goose gradually draws near the heights of the clouds.

Its feathers can be used for the sacred dance.

Good fortune.

"Flying Above the Clouds"

This is a sign of a great task completed. With this success, I have become a beacon and a guiding light to others. But the wise person does not use success as a reason to lose their inspiration. I shall continue aspiring to greater and greater heights.

The name of the hexagram 屯 really connotes a blade of grass pushing against an obstacle as it sprouts out of the earth - hence the meaning, "difficulty at the beginning." The hexagram indicates the way in which heaven and earth bring forth individual beings. It is their first meeting, which is beset with difficulties. The lower trigram Zhen is the Arousing; its motion is upward and its image is thunder. The upper trigram Kan stands for the Abysmal, the dangerous. Its motion is downward and its image is rain. The situation points to teeming, chaotic profusion; thunder and rain fill the air. But the chaos clears up. While the Abysmal sinks, the upward movement eventually passes beyond the danger. A thunderstorm brings release from tension, and all things breathe freely again.

The sequence of the Hexagrams:

After heaven and earth have come into existence, individual beings develop. It is these individual beings that fill the space between heaven and earth. Hence there follows the hexagram of Difficulty at the Beginning. Difficulty at the beginning is the same as filling up.

屯 does not really mean filling up. What is meant is the difficulty that arises when heaven and earth, the light and the shadowy principle, have united for the first time, and all beings are begotten and brought to birth. This produces chaos that fills up everything, hence the idea of filling up is associated with the hexagram 屯.

Miscellaneous notes:

屯 is visible but has not yet lost its dwelling.

The grass has already pushed its tips out of the earth, that is, it is visible but still within the earth, its original dwelling place. The upper nuclear trigram, mountain, indicates visibility; the lower, earth, means dwelling.

the Judgment:

屯：元亨，利贞，勿用有攸往，利建侯。

Difficulty at the Beginning works supreme success,

Furthering through perseverance.

Nothing should be undertaken.

It furthers one to appoint helpers.