K'un / Receptive Force

Second Hexagram Earth above and Earth below: The Earth contains and sustains. In this situation, The Superior Person should not take the initiative; he should follow the initiative of another. He should seek receptive allies in the southwest; he should break ties with immovable allies in the northeast. Responsive devotion. Receptive influence. Sublime success if you keep to your course.

Changing Lines Line Six The battling dragons are too evenly matched. Each spills black and yellow blood to the soil below. Line Five A yellow robe. Supreme good fortune. Line Four Be a tied-up sack, letting your inner contents remain unseen. There will be no praise, but also no blame. Line Three Hide your brilliance. Feeling no threat, they won't resist the completion of your goal. All you lose is credit for the accomplishment. Line Two Straight, square, and true. By being instead of doing, nothing is left undone. Line One When frost crunches underfoot can winter ice be far behind?

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