Deliverance (解) — Hexagram 40. I Ching constitutional reading from 知己 Zhiji.
I Ching · Hexagram 40

Deliverance

☳ over ☵ · Thunder over Water
解。利西南,无所往,其来复吉。有攸往,夙吉。

Thunder over Water. The storm breaks. Tension releases.

The Lines

初六:无咎。

Line 1 — Without blame. Simple. The deliverance has come. Just relief.

九二:田获三狐,得黄矢,贞吉。

Line 2 — One kills three foxes in the field. The sneaky problems dealt with. Cleaning up with integrity.

六三:负且乘,致寇至,贞吝。

Line 3 — Carrying a burden on your back and riding in a carriage. Pretending to be something you're not after the deliverance.

九四:解而拇,朋至斯孚。

Line 4 — Deliver yourself from your big toes. Free yourself from the lowest connections. Then real allies appear.

六五:君子维有解,吉,有孚于小人。

Line 5 — Self-deliverance. Good fortune. Nobody rescued you.

上六:公用射隼于高墉之上,获之,无不利。

Line 6 — The prince shoots at a hawk on a high wall. The final obstacle removed with precision. One shot.

Nuclear Hexagram

Nuclear Hexagram: 63 既济 (After Completion)

The release resolves into wholeness.

Practical Application

Act quickly to clean up. Remove the last obstacle with precision.

你在哪里。问知己。

Know where you are. Ask 知己.

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