Hexagram 18
Repairing the Decayed
Mountain over Wind
The judgment
元亨。利涉大川。先甲三日，后甲三日Wind is trapped under the mountain and what was stored has spoiled. Repair starts by naming what went bad, and it costs more than the neglect did.
The image
Wind sits inside the mountain with nowhere to go. What is sealed and left alone rots from the inside.
The six lines
Read from the bottom up. A line that moves is read here, and read again in the hexagram it becomes.
- 初六Line 1
干父之蛊，有子考，无咎，厉终吉
Taking over a mess left by those before, feel out how the old affairs came about before moving. A son able to carry the family's work lets the father's fault be settled, not left hanging. The start is like walking on thin ice; only at the end does it turn to safety.
Marked in the textno blamedangerauspicious
- 九二Line 2
干母之蛊，不可贞
Tending decay among those close to you, work around it gently; forcing a firm verdict only jams things.
- 九三Line 3
干父之蛊，小有悔，无大咎
Halfway through fixing an old problem, retreat feels wrong and pushing meets a wall; move on carrying the regret.
Marked in the textregret
- 六四Line 4
裕父之蛊，往见吝
Letting that old ailment sit unattended, the path narrows the longer it waits.
Marked in the textnarrow going
- 六五Line 5
干父之蛊，用誉
At the lead position, clearing what predecessors left; do it cleanly and recognition settles on the work itself.
- 上九Line 6
不事王侯，高尚其事
The matter is closed; step back from new obligations and give attention to what you hold worthwhile.
Where each changing line leads
Flip one line and it is a different hexagram. These are the six it becomes.
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The classical text is the Zhouyi, public domain, checked against a Wikisource transcript. The readings are ours. Daily hexagram