64 hexagrams, mapped by situation · Hexagram 60 · Jie

Jie: Scattering is the fact, and you gather again

This page describes a situation. It gives no verdict. The number, trigrams and inner hexagram are all checkable.
Answer first (self-contained)Jie (hexagram 60, 坎 over 兑) describes this kind of situation: Scattering is the fact, and you gather again. 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: Scattering is the fact, and you gather again. 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

People scattered. The direction scattered. The thing that held them together went out. You want to gather it again, and this time you are clearer about the cost. You also know who was worth that cost, and who was not. The first thing to do is admit that it has already scattered.

Checkable facts

Number
Hexagram 60 of 64
Name
节 (Jie)
Trigrams
坎 over 兑
Inner hexagram
The internal force is 颐
Reversed
Reversed hexagram: Lv
Inverted
Inverted hexagram: Huan
Palace
坎 (一世)
Book
下经
Structure
坎上兑下
Seasonal phase
-
Law attached
容量 (secondary: 同构)
Position
Previous Huan, next Zhi

How it differs from the neighbours

Previous hexagram Huan (hexagram 59) describes: You are together, and you are not talking about the same thing.
Next hexagram Zhi (hexagram 61) describes: You meant to hold it back, and now it holds you back.
The inner hexagram (internal force) The inner hexagram is 颐. The situation on this page is what is visible; Yi again, and what has been scattered needs feeding before it can gather. 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

  1. Capacity is what has not been filled yet. What is already full cannot take anything new.
  2. Write down the three kinds of person you would look for this time.
  3. If I gather again, am I looking for the same people?

Do just this today Today, write down the three kinds of person you would want, if you did it again.

Does this sound like you

How this path works, and where it breaksHuan says scatter, and Yi inside it says what has been scattered has to be fed before it can gather. So the next step is to admit the scatter is complete. Then name the three kinds of person you would want this time, before contacting anybody.
Inner hexagram: the internal forceYi again, and what has been scattered needs feeding before it can gather.
What this hexagram does not doThis does not tell you to gather. Huan is scatter, and scatter is a fact. You have to admit it has already happened before you can talk about what comes next.
Most likely misuseThe easiest misuse is reading it as how to win people back. Before gathering, remove the weapons and prepare for trouble. Gathering without that is just the next round of the same thing.

Sources for this page

Original text (judgment and Tuan commentary)
I Ching, hexagram 60
坎上兑下
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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