Return (复) — Hexagram 24. I Ching constitutional reading from 知己 Zhiji.
I Ching · Hexagram 24

Return

☷ over ☳ · Earth over Thunder
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.

你在哪里。问知己。

Know where you are. Ask 知己.

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