Jin: You are going up, and using the wrong way
This page describes a situation. It gives no verdict. The number, trigrams and inner hexagram are all checkable.
Answer first (self-contained)Jin (hexagram 35, 离 over 坤) describes this kind of situation: You are going up, and using the wrong way. It does not predict anything and it does not decide for you. It does one thing: it makes visible which dynamic you are currently inside, so you can recognise whether you are in it. There are three ways to check. First, the situation itself: You are going up, and using the wrong way. Second, three checkable facts below (the number, the two trigrams, and the inner hexagram). Third, the three steps at the bottom, and whether you have done any of them.
What situation this is
You are pushing. You are competing. You are driving upward, and the people around you have tightened up with you. You think this is how you go up. You are also spending everyone around you, and spending yourself. Like something that scrambles upward until it reaches the horn and stops there.
Checkable facts
- Number
- Hexagram 35 of 64
- Name
- 晋 (Jin)
- Trigrams
- 离 over 坤
- Inner hexagram
- The internal force is 蹇
- Reversed
- Reversed hexagram: Xu
- Inverted
- Inverted hexagram: Ming Yi
- Palace
- 乾 (游魂)
- Book
- 下经
- Structure
- 离上坤下
- Seasonal phase
- -
- Law attached
- 权衡 (secondary: 临界)
- Position
- Previous Da Zhuang, next Ming Yi
How it differs from the neighbours
Previous hexagram Da Zhuang (hexagram 34) describes: You are pushing hard, and you have trapped yourself.
Next hexagram Ming Yi (hexagram 36) describes: You see it clearly, and it is not easy to say.
The inner hexagram (internal force) The inner hexagram is 蹇. The situation on this page is what is visible; Jian is the difficulty that cannot be passed, so the way up is also where you are stuck. is what has been going on inside it. They are different layers, and reading one as the other is the usual mistake.
Three steps you can take today
- Weigh the trade, do not admire the choice. In a real conflict you cannot have both.
- Write down who paid the cost of this push.
- Am I leading people up, or dragging them up?
Do just this today Today, do one thing that does not need anybody's cooperation.
Does this sound like you
- I am pushing ahead and dragging others with me.
- Going up but making everyone uncomfortable.
- The way I push is exhausting for everyone.
- I thought I had won, and nobody is happy.
How this path works, and where it breaksJin is light rising out of the earth, and Jian inside it is the thing that does not let you pass. So the next step is stopping the push that is narrowing you, before the narrowing completes.
Inner hexagram: the internal forceJian is the difficulty that cannot be passed, so the way up is also where you are stuck.
What this hexagram does not doThis does not tell you to stop competing. It only says that when Jin reaches its limit, it turns inward. While you are pushing up, you may be narrowing yourself.
Most likely misuseThe easiest misuse is reading it as your own fault for not getting there. When the horn reaches the top it cannot go outward any more, and the posture decides the distance.
Sources for this page
- Data source
- 周易深度解析与蒸馏_v3 · 卦义表
Number, trigrams, inner hexagram, reversed, inverted, palace and seasonal phase all come from the original text and can be checked. - Who wrote the situation descriptions
- Original to this project
Situation names, signals, today's step, micro-action and the core question were written for this project. They are not from the original text and are not an authoritative reading of it.
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For reflection and educational purposes only. Not professional advice. This page locates a situation. It does not predict anything.