复。亨。出入无疾,朋来无咎。反复其道,七日来复。利有攸往。
Earth over Thunder. The first yang line returning at the bottom after complete yin.
The Lines
初九:不远复,无祗悔,元吉。
Line 1 — Return from a short distance. You barely left the path. Coming back is easy and blessed.
六二:休复,吉。
Line 2 — Quiet return. Good fortune. The return influenced by good people nearby.
六三:频复,厉,无咎。
Line 3 — Repeated return. Danger. Keeps leaving and coming back. The danger is in the instability.
六四:中行独复。
Line 4 — Walking in the midst of others, one returns alone. The courage to return when everyone else keeps walking the wrong way.
六五:敦复,无悔。
Line 5 — Noble-hearted return. Motivated by genuine self-examination.
上六:迷复,凶,有灾眚。用行师,终有大败,以其国君凶,至于十年不克征。
Line 6 — Missing the return. Misfortune. Too late. The moment passed. Forcing it now makes everything worse.
Nuclear Hexagram
Nuclear Hexagram: 2 坤 (Earth)
Inside return is pure ground.
Practical Application
Come back. The first genuine impulse from within, after complete emptiness, is the beginning of everything.
