Hexagram 30
The Clinging
Fire over Fire
The judgment
利贞。亨。畜牝牛，吉Fire has doubled and each flame needs something to burn. Brightness here is borrowed from what it holds on to, and the fuel decides how long it lasts.
The image
Two flames climb from the same ground and light whatever stands near. Take the fuel away and both go out in the same hour.
The six lines
Read from the bottom up. A line that moves is read here, and read again in the hexagram it becomes.
- 初九Line 1
履错然，敬之无咎
At the start the footsteps scatter; pause and sort out direction before moving.
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- 六二Line 2
黄离，元吉
Hold to the light at the center, neither leaning nor straining; that steadiness is the firmest ground.
Marked in the textauspicious
- 九三Line 3
日昃之离，不鼓缶而歌，则大耋之差，凶
The sun slants west yet you keep straining, refusing to drum and let go; the delay wears you thin.
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- 九四Line 4
突如其来如，焚如，死如，弃如
It arrives all at once, burns hot, dies fast, and leaves only what was thrown aside.
- 六五Line 5
出涕沱若，戚嗟若，吉
Tears and sighs spill out; letting the strain show is what finally releases the breath.
Marked in the textauspicious
- 上九Line 6
王用出征，有嘉折首，获匪其丑，无咎
At the end, strike only the ringleader and spare the rest, or the ending drags on.
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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