Hexagram 53
Development
Wind over Mountain
The judgment
女归吉，利贞A tree grows on the mountain and its roots take the slope a year at a time. Progress here comes from sequence, and a shortcut on this ground leans sideways instead of rising.
The image
Wood takes hold on the mountain and climbs one slope at a time. A gradual line is hard to break because no single step carries it all.
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
鸿渐于干，小子厉，有言，无咎
Speaking up at the very start, before footing is sure—hold the words back first.
Marked in the textdangerno blame
- 六二Line 2
鸿渐于磐，饮食衎衎，吉
Settled on solid ground, able to eat in peace—this steadiness comes from not rushing to move.
Marked in the textauspicious
- 九三Line 3
鸿渐于陆，夫征不复，妇孕不育，凶；利御寇
The goose comes down onto dry land, wings still spread, feet already set. The one who marched out has not come back; the pregnant woman carries but does not give birth. Here holding beats striking: gather the strength inward and block the band coming in from outside.
Marked in the textominous
- 六四Line 4
鸿渐于木，或得其桷，无咎
Near the seat of power but not yet secure—finding one small ledge to rest on is enough.
Marked in the textno blame
- 九五Line 5
鸿渐于陵，妇三岁不孕，终莫之胜，吉
The goose settles on a high ridge, the highest seat, the hardest wind. The woman goes three years without conceiving, year after year, her belly staying empty. Yet what presses on her never manages to bring her down; in the end it is this seat that steadies everything.
Marked in the textauspicious
- 上九Line 6
鸿渐于陆，其羽可用为仪，吉
At the far end, the trace left is no longer for one's own use, but for those who come after.
Marked in the textauspicious
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