Approximation. Antagonism with opponents and enemies on the outside and a deep union with them in the soul - this is the true state of the master. Gua lower, kun. Earth. obedience. mother. southwest. stomach

Happiness. Get into fortune telling. Primordial eternal endurance. There will be no blasphemy. Isn't it better to come right away? If you're late, it's bad luck.

Possessing the truth - move closer to it. - There will be no blasphemy. Possessing the truth is filling a jug: it comes eventually. - There will be happiness for others too.
Approach it from the inside. - Perseverance is fortunate.
Get closer to him - villain.
Approach him externally. - Perseverance is fortunate.
Manifest approach. The king (on a hunt) must place beaters (only on) three (sides) and release the game that goes ahead. - (If) you don’t put restrictions on the townspeople, (then there will be) happiness.
Approaching him is devoid of the main thing. - Misfortune.

Name

Bi (Approaching): to unite, enter into an alliance; spiritual connection between people; organize things into categories, select and compare; find something you like; harmonize, combine; neighbours; equal, identical; to work together. The hieroglyph depicts a man who has stopped and looks around, studying.

Figurative row

This is the time to organize what is existing and create categories. The process of ordering must be controlled not only by the mind, but also by the heart. Look for the original properties of things. Compare and sort things according to their nature. Don't be afraid to ask questions to clarify your connections to people and events. This is not the time to calm down. The situation is changing quickly, connections are being broken up and restored. If someone hesitates, the path may be closed to him. Get rid of old ideas. You have to find new ways of relating things. Change doesn't have to be painful. Let joy, harmony and pleasure serve as your guides. Give each event its own place where it will look natural next to the others. Take advantage of this opportunity and change things now. If you are late, the path will be closed.

Outer and Inner worlds

Water and Earth

The connection with the outside world disintegrates, while in the inner world new ways of grouping things appear.

The classification of beings in accordance with their qualities contains hidden opportunity getting rid of outdated forms.

Subsequence

There should be plenty of room for a group. Awareness of this allows you to use approximation.

Definition

Approach means joy.

Symbol

Water flows on the ground. Approximation.

The rulers of antiquity appointed vassals to rule over the entire host of cities.

Hexagram lines

Six first

Approach the one who holds the truth.
There will be no blasphemy.
He is full of truth, like a full jug.
If you come to him, there will be happiness for others too.
The situation is conducive to establishing a connection with spirits. By approaching unselfishly, you will gain benefit for yourself. It's still just beginning.

Six second

Approach your goal from the inside.

Path from inner world to the outside is open. Don't lose your sense of inner connection to your goal.

Six third

You are approaching your goal, but it is not the same.

The approach is not yet complete. If this is a person, leave him alone, if this is an ideal, then not the one you need.

Six fourth

External approach to the goal.
Fortitude is fortunate. The way is open.

Your target is now visible. You have shown yourself at your best, and the path is open. Continue in the same direction.

Nine fifth

Clearly approaching.
The king should place beaters only on three sides.
And let go of the game that moves ahead.
Then there will be no prohibitions for the townspeople, and there will be Happiness.

In achieving your goal, be like a king who goes hunting. Don't block all escape routes. Then the prey will be whatever comes to you. You don't have to bind people with restrictions to get them to obey you. The path is open (happiness).

There's a six at the top

Approaching the goal is devoid of the main thing.
Misfortune.

In the end, a situation of overdevelopment arises. The goal suddenly appears lost, all that remains is movement by inertia. The path is closed. Move on to a new stage, otherwise you will be in trouble.

General interpretation according to Yu. Shutsky

Achieving victory - conquest - is just a moment, the result of which must be consolidated. Action aimed at securing victory characterizes this situation. It consists in the mutual rapprochement of the winner and the region he conquered, which is possible because victory means the destruction and subjugation of everything that is alien, that is not capable of rapprochement. For the latter, it is necessary to make a correct forecast of future development, and for now we are talking not so much about achieving the well-being of the conquered region, but about preventing external forces acting destructively. If for the previous situation the moment of victory is last moment, then for a given situation it acts as its beginning. It contains those initial relationships that are subject to persistent preservation for the entire future. This is how things stand from the point of view of the one to whom (it) approaches. For those who approach him, it is necessary to keep in mind that in this situation the most beneficial rapprochement is possible, which should be immediately taken advantage of by all those capable of rapprochement. Being late in such conditions is tantamount to refusal, tantamount to turning from an accomplice to victory into a defeated and defeated one. - In the process of cognition, while new knowledge has not yet been achieved, various actions have to be taken to achieve it. Here is the opposition of knowledge to ignorance, and the bringing into harmony of the chaos of experiences, and penetration into the as yet inaccessible element of the not yet known, and differentiation from random, interfering ideas. But knowledge has been won. This means that all these actions were brought to a positive result. Then in the field of knowledge everything related to it is achievable, nothing alien hinders it. It is possible and necessary to bring new, higher knowledge closer to what was previously known. That which retains the power of persuasiveness in the latter, despite the achievement of new knowledge, which is at the highest level, is immediately united with it in unified system knowledge. The same knowledge of the previous stages that is in this moment are late, that is, no longer suitable, doomed to death. This is the intermediate situation between winning victory and its future educational effect. The text expresses it this way: Approaching. Happiness. Delve into the oracle, and there will be no blasphemy from the original eternal perseverance. Isn't it better to come right away? Whoever is late will have misfortune.

1
The circle of subordinates that is furthest from the winner and at the same time most pliable is deprived of the opportunity to act independently. He strives most intensely to get closer to the winner, because in him there is a particularly felt distance from the winner, who (taking into account the previous comment) appears here as the bearer of new, true knowledge: as the “possessor of truth.” The relationship here, at the beginning of rapprochement, is still extremely simple, devoid of pretentiousness and artificiality. Therefore, the “possessor of truth” is full of it, just as a simple, ingenuous clay jug is full of water. It's not about his appearance, but about his content. Everyone approaching him, even acting for his own sake, still does what the situation requires. Therefore, by coming to him unconditionally, to the end, he creates happiness not only for himself, but also for others. Passively preserving his knowledge, he is included with it in the entire system of the newly conquered level of world understanding and forms for the latter, as it were, a boundary that shapes it. This is the useful action of simple human reason, common sense, which is replaced by other types of knowledge at further stages. The text expresses this in the following words: At the beginning there is a weak line. Approach the one who has the truth. There will be no blasphemy. He is full of truth, like a full jug. You will come completely to him, and there will be happiness for others too.

2
The approach that is thought of here is not external, not purely spatial proximity, but a rapprochement in essence, for which only internal consonance is decisive. Therefore, in the process of a given situation, first of all, its rhythm and the consonance of this rhythm are taken into account. We have already seen more than once that the process expressed in one hexagram or another represents the rhythm of two waves, in which the second and fifth positions express the highest points of development of each wave. Therefore, there is such an internal affinity between them. Here it is still supported by the opposition of the forces of Light (5) and Darkness (2), and, consequently, by their mutual gravity. With all this, here both of these forces occupy their positions normally. Therefore, it is between them that perhaps the most correct, the most fruitful rapprochement is possible. If it contains the entire essence of this hexagram, then in this line it is expressed most essentially only in concepts, while its figurative development in ideas will be shown in the text of the fifth line. Here we also note that moment in knowledge, which is characterized by passion, a gravitation towards knowledge, but also the full opportunity to realize this gravitation. It exists, and nothing prevents it. The latter is even expressed purely graphically: after all, between the second trait (subject of desire) and the fifth (object of desire) there are no strong traits that can resist. However, on at this stage this means only approaching, but not yet achieving the object of desire. And if the fifth position, as we will see, will be characterized by complete and perfect knowledge, then this one will only be characterized by the desire for it and its possession is not real, but only ideally. The latter, however, is possible, because the line between the internal and the external is here destroyed by the force of their consonance and mutual attraction. These thoughts are given here only in a hint of a very meager text, but they undoubtedly follow from the entire system of the monument and are necessary for a worthy saturation of an overly laconic text: The weak point is in second place. Approach it from the inside. Fortitude is fortunate.

3
The desire for an object - the highest ideal - remains here, but more favorable conditions have already passed. We are talking here about latecomers, who are mentioned in the text of the hexagram itself. The desire itself is force, and the presence of force necessarily causes confrontation. So the subject here confronts face to face all negative forces, which in commentary literature are sometimes considered as infernal. This is also expressed in the fact that here there is only a desire for an ideal with the complete impossibility of its implementation, for the qualities that had such a beneficial effect on the previous stage: consonance, normality, concentration, are completely absent here. The latter is possible only on the second and fifth (central in the trigram) steps, the first and second are absent in this position: both the third and sixth positions are occupied by homogeneous and therefore dissonant forces, and the third, odd position is occupied by an unusually weak line. This is encapsulated in the words of a laconic text: The weak point is in third place. You approach him, but he is not the same.

4
After the crisis experienced, approaching is again possible, but internal affinity can no longer be restored. For him, time has already passed. And the only thing that is possible here is external, spatial proximity, which in these conditions is also significant. - If we were talking about the internal affinity of concepts, now we are talking about the closeness of their comparison. At the same time, of course, the facets of the compared concepts separate them, as well as connect them, i.e. "bringing closer together." For success here you only need the persistence of maintaining this status quo. The most ancient commentary tradition considers this closeness to be the closeness of his advisers to the ruler, between whom it can be maintained not due to internal consonance, but only due to the subordination of advisers to the supreme power. In the text we only read: Weakness in fourth place. External approach to it. Fortitude is fortunate.

5
If in the previous approach the approach was considered from the side of those who are approaching, now it is considered from the side of the one who is being approached. This object of approach is expressed by a single light feature, towards which, due to polarity, all others gravitate. Here, one quality of this object is sufficient, its clarity, which imparts a shade of clarity to the entire process of approximation. However, this is not a passive assumption of a formless and free approach, but a completely definite design of the freedom of those approaching. It is expressed in images borrowed from the rituals of ancient China. As one of the significant commentators, the Song Cheng I-chuano, points out, already during the Zhou dynasty there was a cult ritual of royal hunting, in which beaters were placed only on three sides of the field. The fourth side was open, and the game that fled from the hunting king could freely avoid death. Thus, only those animals were killed that went straight to the hunter, who “did not need life” and they “gave it to him themselves.” They believed that such an action by the king was a powerful prototype for the entire population, and that any prohibitions were unnecessary. This is how this freedom is expressed, framed within the framework of necessity. A relatively common text expresses this in the following words: The strong point is in fifth place. Manifest approach. The king should place beaters only on three sides and miss the game that is in front. Then there will be no prohibitions for the townspeople. Happiness.

6
The last stage indicates some overdevelopment. This is also the overdevelopment of approximation. The sense of the object of approach is lost in it, and only the approach itself remains unknown to what. One aimless desire. The hopelessness of this state is expressed in a laconic phrase of the text as follows: There is a weak line at the top. Approaching him is devoid of the main thing. Misfortune.

Canonical text

Happiness. Get into fortune telling. Primordial eternal endurance. There will be no blasphemy. Isn't it better to come right away? If you're late, it's bad luck.

Possessing the truth - move closer to it. - There will be no blasphemy. Having the truth is like filling a jug: it comes eventually. - There will be happiness for others too.
Approach it from the inside. - Fortitude is fortunate.
Approach him - villain.
Approach him externally. - Fortitude is fortunate.
Manifest approach. The king (on a hunt) must place beaters (only on) three (sides) and release the game that goes ahead. — (If) you don’t put restrictions on the townspeople, (then there will be) happiness.
Approaching him is devoid of the main thing. - Misfortune.

Achieving victory - conquest - is just a moment, the result of which must be consolidated. Action aimed at securing victory characterizes this situation. It consists in the mutual rapprochement of the winner and the region he conquered, which is possible because victory means the destruction and subjugation of everything that is alien, that is not capable of rapprochement. For the latter, it is necessary to make a correct forecast of future development, and for now we are talking not so much about achieving the well-being of the conquered region, but about preventing external forces acting destructively. If for the previous situation the moment of victory is the last moment, then for this situation it acts as its beginning. It contains those initial relationships that are subject to persistent preservation for the entire future. This is how things stand from the point of view of the one to whom (it) approaches. For those who approach him, it is necessary to keep in mind that in this situation the most beneficial rapprochement is possible, which should be immediately taken advantage of by all those capable of rapprochement. Being late in such conditions is tantamount to refusal, tantamount to turning from an accomplice to victory into a defeated and defeated one. — In the process of cognition, while new knowledge has not yet been achieved, various actions have to be taken to achieve it. Here is the opposition of knowledge to ignorance, and the bringing into harmony of the chaos of experiences, and penetration into the as yet inaccessible element of the not yet known, and differentiation from random, interfering ideas. But knowledge has been won. This means that all these actions were brought to a positive result. Then in the field of knowledge everything related to it is achievable, nothing alien hinders it. It is possible and necessary to bring new, higher knowledge closer to what was previously known. That which retains the power of persuasiveness in the latter, despite the achievement of new knowledge, which is at the highest level, is immediately united with it into a single system of knowledge. The same knowledge of the previous stages, which at the moment is late, that is, no longer suitable, is doomed to destruction. This is the intermediate situation between winning victory and its future educational effect. The text expresses it this way: Approaching. Happiness. Delve into the oracle, and there will be no blasphemy from the original eternal perseverance. Isn't it better to come right away? Whoever is late will suffer misfortune.

1

The circle of subordinates that is furthest from the winner and at the same time most pliable is deprived of the opportunity to act independently. He strives most intensely to get closer to the winner, because in him there is a particularly felt distance from the winner, who (taking into account the previous comment) appears here as the bearer of new, true knowledge: as the “possessor of truth.” The relationship here, at the beginning of rapprochement, is still extremely simple, devoid of pretentiousness and artificiality. Therefore, the “possessor of truth” is full of it, just as a simple, ingenuous clay jug is full of water. It's not about his appearance, but about his content. Everyone approaching him, even acting for his own sake, still does what the situation requires. Therefore, by coming to him unconditionally, to the end, he creates happiness not only for himself, but also for others. Passively preserving his knowledge, he is included with it in the entire system of the newly conquered level of world understanding and forms for the latter, as it were, a boundary that shapes it. This is the useful action of simple human reason, common sense, which is replaced by other types of knowledge at further stages. The text expresses this in the following words: At the beginning there is a weak line. Approach the one who has the truth. There will be no blasphemy. He is full of truth, like a full jug. You will come completely to him, and there will be happiness for others too.

2

The approach that is thought of here is not external, not purely spatial proximity, but a rapprochement in essence, for which only internal consonance is decisive. Therefore, in the process of a given situation, first of all, its rhythm and the consonance of this rhythm are taken into account. We have already seen more than once that the process expressed in one hexagram or another represents the rhythm of two waves, in which the second and fifth positions express the highest points of development of each wave. Therefore, there is such an internal affinity between them. Here it is still supported by the opposition of the forces of Light (5) and Darkness (2), and, consequently, by their mutual gravity. With all this, here both of these forces occupy their positions normally. Therefore, it is between them that perhaps the most correct, the most fruitful rapprochement is possible. If it contains the entire essence of this hexagram, then in this line it is expressed most essentially only in concepts, while its figurative development in ideas will be shown in the text of the fifth line. Here we also note that moment in knowledge, which is characterized by passion, a gravitation towards knowledge, but also the full opportunity to realize this gravitation. It exists, and nothing prevents it. The latter is even expressed purely graphically: after all, between the second trait (subject of desire) and the fifth (object of desire) there are no strong traits that can resist. However, at this stage we only mean approaching, but not yet achieving the object of desire. And if the fifth position, as we will see, will be characterized by complete and perfect knowledge, then this one will only be characterized by the desire for it and its possession is not real, but only ideally. The latter, however, is possible, because the line between the internal and the external is here destroyed by the force of their consonance and mutual attraction. These thoughts are given here only in a hint of a very meager text, but they undoubtedly follow from the entire system of the monument and are necessary for a worthy saturation of an overly laconic text: The weak point is in second place. Approach it from the inside. Fortitude is fortunate.

3

The desire for an object - the highest ideal - remains here, but more favorable conditions have already passed. We are talking here about latecomers, who are mentioned in the text of the hexagram itself. The desire itself is force, and the presence of force necessarily causes confrontation. So the subject here confronts face to face all negative forces, which in commentary literature are sometimes considered as infernal. This is also expressed in the fact that here there is only a desire for an ideal with the complete impossibility of its implementation, for the qualities that had such a beneficial effect on the previous stage: consonance, normality, concentration, are completely absent here. The latter is possible only on the second and fifth (central in the trigram) steps, the first and second are absent in this position: both the third and sixth positions are occupied by homogeneous and therefore dissonant forces, and the third, odd position is occupied by an unusually weak line. This is encapsulated in the words of a laconic text: The weak point is in third place. You approach him, but he is not the same.

4

After the crisis experienced, approaching is again possible, but internal affinity can no longer be restored. For him, time has already passed. And the only thing that is possible here is external, spatial proximity, which in these conditions is also significant. — If we were talking about the internal similarity of concepts, now we are talking about the closeness of their comparison. At the same time, of course, the facets of the compared concepts separate them, as well as connect them, i.e. "bringing closer together." For success here you only need the persistence of maintaining this status quo. The most ancient commentary tradition considers this closeness to be the closeness of his advisers to the ruler, between whom it can be maintained not due to internal consonance, but only due to the subordination of advisers to the supreme power. In the text we only read: Weakness in fourth place. External approach to it. Fortitude is fortunate.

5

If in the previous approach the approach was considered from the side of those who are approaching, now it is considered from the side of the one who is being approached. This object of approach is expressed by a single light feature, towards which, due to polarity, all others gravitate. Here, one quality of this object is sufficient, its clarity, which imparts a shade of clarity to the entire process of approximation. However, this is not a passive assumption of a formless and free approach, but a completely definite design of the freedom of those approaching. It is expressed in images borrowed from the rituals of ancient China. As one of the significant commentators, the Song Cheng I-chuano, points out, already during the Zhou dynasty there was a cult ritual of royal hunting, in which beaters were placed only on three sides of the field. The fourth side was open, and the game that fled from the hunting king could freely avoid death. Thus, only those animals were killed that went straight to the hunter, who “did not need life” and they “gave it to him themselves.” They believed that such an action by the king was a powerful prototype for the entire population, and that any prohibitions were unnecessary. This is how this freedom is expressed, framed within the framework of necessity. A relatively common text expresses this in the following words: The strong point is in fifth place. Manifest approach. The king should place beaters only on three sides and miss the game that is in front. Then there will be no prohibitions for the townspeople. Happiness.

6

The last stage indicates some overdevelopment. This is also the overdevelopment of approximation. The sense of the object of approach is lost in it, and only the approach itself remains unknown to what. One aimless desire. The hopelessness of this state is expressed in a laconic phrase of the text as follows: There is a weak line at the top. Approaching him is devoid of the main thing. Misfortune.

External - Immersion, internal - dedication. In Immersion, Yang is still enclosed in a Yin shell, but with complete dedication, this process can already mean approaching the Absolute. And since it manifests itself in the form of accidents, you should give them the opportunity to influence your life. In this way, you can drive the game from all sides and at the same time its fate will be predetermined, or you can let chance decide the outcome of the hunt: during the hunt, the king needs to place beaters only on three sides and release the game that goes ahead. However, for a perfectly wise person such an approach is not enough; he needs a more complete knowledge of the Absolute - a simple approach to it lacks the main thing.

Hayslip's interpretation

Now the worst is over. But some difficult problems still remain unresolved. Success will accompany you only if you act in cooperation with other people, and therefore do not avoid common affairs, try to participate in them. There is no need to neglect your responsibilities. Be true to yourself, because mutual understanding and respect are as necessary in relationships between people who love each other as between a teacher and a student. Listen to the advice of your friends and your superiors; The fulfillment of your desires largely depends on this. This is not the right time for gambling.

First time description hexagram found in the ancient Chinese treatise “I Ching”, or “Book of Changes”, where 64 hexagrams . Each of them reflects the relationship between human life and cosmic processes that influence its course. Hexagrams represent 6 dashes written in a column and having a unique meaning.

In Ancient China, fortune telling with hexagrams could be performed in various ways. The simplest and therefore most popular was fortune telling using coins of fortune - coins with 6 hieroglyphs on their sides: 4 on the yang (male active) side and 2 on the yin (female passive).

It was carried out as follows: the fortuneteller randomly selected 3 lucky coins and tossed them. Based on the results of the throw, a hexagram was drawn up. Whole stripes signified Yang power, broken stripes meant Yin. Now fortune telling with hexagrams has not lost its popularity and is now available even in an online version.

Hexagram 8, which sounds like “Bi” in Chinese, is translated as approach, proximity. Almost all the lines in this hexagram, except the second, are broken. Each individual feature has its own meaning.

The first says that if you want to team up with someone to achieve a goal, then without trust and honesty on the part of both partners nothing will work out. If partners have been working in the same direction for a long time, then the trait indicates a well-coordinated and harmonious relationship.

The second trait calls for investing 100% in the business, using all your talents and skills, otherwise you can lose everything and even more.

The third line indicates erroneous judgments. It's worth reconsidering your judgment.

The meaning of the fourth trait is close to the first: it also speaks of partners in business, but indicates that they must be prudent and patient in business. Good advice and support from the fortuneteller will help them.

The fifth line calls for unification with those who have similar impulses, then success will be guaranteed.

The last feature indicates the need for trust as a connecting link, without which joint work and achieving goals will become impossible.

Thus, the general meaning of the hexogram can be interpreted as the arrival of the best moment for active actions and calls on everyone who has received this Chinese hexagram: “Learn to act together.”

The dropped hexagram 8 indicates that in order to achieve the final victory, all that remains is to consolidate, in principle, the almost achieved result. The fortuneteller, through his efforts, has already brought what he wants as close to himself as possible. Many difficulties have been overcome and now all that remains is to correct minor roughnesses and get the long-awaited result.

The feeling of closeness in getting what you want should often give fresh strength for the final push, at which point a second wind may open to achieve the goal. This chance should not be missed - you need to get together and start implementing your plans, since there won’t be a second time, because time will be irretrievably lost. If hexagram 8 appears, it is worth concentrating the efforts of all involved in the matter on its final completion.

The Chinese hexogram encourages you to stop fighting alone, but to join forces with like-minded people or simply listen to the advice given by colleagues and loved ones, which will allow you, by effectively using the positive qualities of each participant, to achieve benefits for everyone in the end. When achieving your goal, it is not at all necessary to play the role of a leader; you can be a simple executor of orders. Honest fulfillment of one's duties, loyalty to the common cause and movement towards the goal will be stable and guaranteed. You should not get carried away with gambling, now is not their time.

By the way, if 64 Chinese hexagrams are superimposed on the astrological circle, then hexagram 8 will correspond to the planet Mars. In the horoscope, this planet is credited with motivating a person to strong-willed and active activity, which, together with hexagram 8, calls for unification with like-minded people and active activity to achieve a mutually desired result.

Chinese hexagram 8 is an amazing symbol that carries and practical advice: love your surroundings, trust your friends and acquaintances, support them in turn, devote yourself to your work with all your heart and the result will not be long in coming.

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When the conquest according to the previous pictogram is successful, the moment of consolidation of triumph comes, which consists in the unity of the two sides.

Hexagram 8 has a peaceful interpretation, but everything that resists becomes humiliated by force, therefore the subordinate area must be developed and protected. At this stage, according to the book of changes, external forces with destructive effects should be eliminated in a timely manner, because victory in battle is just the start.

Hexagram 8, Bi, Approximation (Comparison).

Kan (Water) from above. Danger. Middle son. North. Ear.

Kun (Earth) from below. Obedience. Mother. Southwest. Stomach.

Happiness. Get into fortune telling. Fortune telling about the eternal brings good luck. Isn't it better to come right away? If you're late, it's bad luck.

The pictogram consists of a pair of trigrams. The inner one symbolizes Immersion, and the outer one symbolizes Self-giving. Literally, Yang is immersed in the Yin shell, but complete dedication ensures movement towards the Absolute. According to the book of fate, the Absolute is a series of accidents, so they must burst into life and change it. In the same way, the royal hunt is always left to the will of fate.

If you are late in the process of rapprochement, then turning into a defeated army will become inevitable. Decoding the sign suggests that the process of cognition at such a stage requires many steps on the way to achieving new information: constructing chaotic experiences, contrasting ignorance and knowledge, separating random ideas, penetrating into the unknown. As soon as a positive result is achieved, obstacles no longer interfere, but it is necessary to bring the highest new knowledge closer to the past, previously achieved. This is the only way to create a unified knowledge system. And late knowledge is doomed to destruction.

Hexagram 8, Bi, Approximation (Comparison) in a general sense represents the process of studying people and building relationships in the military system. You need to join the right team.

Characteristics of Yao according to Zhou Gong

Six first. Feelings of guilt are not dangerous to those who are faithful. Luck will come from the outside. The truth is like a full cup. Yao testifies that a person strives for results very decisively. Relationships are built on the basis of sincerity. The patient is expected to recover. You can establish a connection with spirits. Selflessness leads to profit.
Six second. One must be faithful on the path inward, while the path to external world is already open. You can't lose touch with own purpose. Happiness comes to those who persevere. You need to help yourself, then people will support you. Emotional actions must be stopped in time. The patient's health is deteriorating.
Third six. The oath of allegiance took place to the wrong people, to foreign ideals. The end is still far away. According to the book of the I Ching, this Yao speaks of the guilt of even the most fair and sincere person. A difficult search for the required standard lies ahead. You should not promise someone a loan.
Six number 4. The goal is already visible on the horizon. The path is open, and we must stick to the same direction. You need to show loyalty outwardly and be persistent, then happiness is expected. Promotion ahead thanks to your superiors and sincere advice from good people.
Fifth six. You shouldn’t cut off all the escape routes for the prey, then the result will be by chance. Do not bind others to obedience with your prohibitions. You don't have to be careful to attract good luck. You shouldn't hit someone who is lying down. If the key problem is resolved, the overall situation will move forward. A breakthrough from the tight siege is inevitable.
Six at the top. Overdevelopment sets in, so the goal is lost. You need to move by inertia, although the path is closed. The symbol says that endless regrets, difficulties and failure are possible. The meaning of remaining faithful has disappeared. Strength of spirit grows with adversity.

Detailed meaning of the hexagram

Compliant subordinates, far from the winner, do not act independently. Such a team tries to get closer to the leader, since he is not only the commander of the army, but also the bearer of new knowledge, and therefore the owner of the truth. The process of rapprochement has just begun, the relationship is characterized by simplicity, and not pretentiousness or artificiality.
Everyone who moves towards the winner, even in conditions of self-interest, works for the benefit of the situation. So the leader ensures the happiness of both himself and others. The personality stores knowledge within itself and enters with it into the system of worldview, forming its defining boundaries. This is the effectiveness of human common sense, which is then replaced by other types of knowledge.
According to the Chinese book, approximation does not have a spatial meaning, but rather internal consonance, similarity in essence. Rhythm is very important in this process.
As a rule, the second and fifth features are identified with the highest points of development of the two waves. Here this is also supported by the mutual attraction of opposites - Light (line 5) and Dark forces (line 2).
There is every chance of a fruitful, proper rapprochement. A multidimensional study of the trait shows that in cognition it is a passionate moment of attraction to knowledge, combined with the opportunity for realization. Between 2 and 5 lines, i.e. there are no resisting boundaries between the subject and object of desire. But it’s still too early to achieve the object; this is still only an ideal.
Favorable conditions are behind us, but the desire for the object of knowledge remains. This position is dedicated to latecomers. Aspiration represents force, and this causes opposition.
The subject in fact remains in the face of negative forces. But here there is not enough consonance, concentration, normality to carry out the movement towards the ideal.
The crisis is over, you can again approach the object, but without the former inner kinship. The I Ching book reduces the interpretation of the hexagram at this stage only to external proximity. Previously, we were talking about the similarity of concepts, but now only about their comparison. Fortune comes to those who maintain their position and persevere.
Approach here begins to be considered from the position of the one towards whom they are moving. The object is expressed by a line of light, and its main characteristic is clarity. Thanks to this quality, it is possible to shape the freedom of everyone approaching.
The Chinese Book of Changes associates the meaning of the last step with redevelopment. The feeling of an approaching object is lost, so you have to move in complete uncertainty. This is hopelessness and an aimless desire for an incomprehensible horizon. At this stage, even a strong group decision made without a responsible leader will be unsuccessful.

Expanded interpretation of the sign

This hexagram indicates the clear benefits and necessity of fortune telling. It is the I Ching that gives a person the necessary instructions and warnings for the future. The Book of Changes connects the interpretation of this sign with thoughts of lofty things. We need to move away from material goals and think about why this or that meeting is needed, what is the role of each individual. Thus, the fortuneteller’s desire to learn about the team and his surroundings comes in very handy. The prediction of the Chinese book speaks of danger, and therefore one must be vigilant and be fully armed. Knowledge about comrades is also helpful information, if not late.

The most significant moment in current situation- open heart and desire to communicate. Meet halfway and pay attention to internal qualities of people. It is in this that the truth lies, and not in the external image. A variety of personalities will appear along the way, but there is no need to accept unreliable ones.

Be sure to decide on the position of a leader chosen by conscience, and not by sympathy. High-ranking personalities will be in your environment, so you may notice their mistakes in social and business sphere. The nobility of these individuals will not allow them to take it out on their subordinates.

It's time for determination because luck is in full swing. Don't be afraid to be a simple performer, because you are in the army of the winner. Advice from your manager and friends in such a situation is very useful. You must be honest, understanding and respectful. Stage-by-stage communication must also be maintained in the love area. A serious relationship is your goal, but check whether your partner is ready for such a turn. Remember that now is not the time for gambling.

Associative reading of the hexagram

Round moon in the sky. A successful career is observed.
A scientist drinks under the moon. It's time to rest and relax.
The process of intoxication. The Book of Changes interpretation of hexagram 8 connects with sadness at the highest point of happiness.
The jug for making medicine is on the far shelf. Symbol of excellent health.
The old tree dried up, but blossomed into flowers. A sign of the arrival of good luck after a long black streak.
The central image is the North Star surrounded by bright flashes. The earth is flooded with water.

Interpretation of the sign by Wen-wan

Fortune telling in this case helps to understand whether a person fits the high standards. If he shows proper persistence, success is guaranteed.
A full study of the symbol suggests that loyalty leads to good luck. Helpers are expected to arrive, albeit uncertain ones.
The pictogram refers to July. It is good in the winter-summer period, but in the spring it predicts illness.
Help will come from different directions.
You don't have to do to others what you don't want for yourself.

How to interpret a symbol for fortune telling

In politics, the struggle will end in your victory. Success in public affairs will come in the form of rapprochement with important people and leaders. It is possible that the path will not be easy, but you cannot achieve victory alone, so contacts are very important.
In business, you must follow all established rules. Follow the description of the contract and agreements. Use a lawyer to sign new contracts. Remember attention to detail, punctuality and exactingness.
In gender relations, strive for trust and communication while you can. The love sphere is characterized by slow progress. Encourage those around you fairly and from the heart, both verbally and financially.
Health is slowly weakening. The likelihood of ailments of the pulmonary system is especially high.

Hexagram 8 connects its interpretation with slow rapprochement. It is this kind of behavior that will lead to the development of frankness and trust. Remember to be impartial when choosing a team leader. Good allies will lead to success.

The worst is over, but some difficult problems still remain. Participate in common affairs; success awaits you in cooperation with others.

Be faithful and do not neglect your responsibilities. Those who love each other need mutual respect and understanding just as much as a teacher and a student.

The fulfillment of desires largely depends on how you use the advice of your superiors and friends. This is not the right time for gambling.

Achieving victory - conquest - is just a moment, the result of which must be consolidated. Action aimed at securing victory characterizes this situation.

It consists in the mutual rapprochement of the winner and the region he conquered, which is possible because victory means the destruction and subjugation of everything that is alien, that is not capable of rapprochement. For the latter, it is necessary to make a correct forecast of future development, and for now we are talking not so much about achieving the well-being of the conquered region, but about preventing external forces acting destructively.

If for the previous situation the moment of victory is the last moment, then for this situation it acts as its beginning. It contains those initial relationships that are subject to persistent preservation for the entire future. This is how things stand from the point of view of the one to whom [it] approaches. For those who approach him, it is necessary to keep in mind that in this situation the most beneficial rapprochement is possible, which should be immediately taken advantage of by all those capable of rapprochement.

Being late in such conditions is tantamount to refusal, tantamount to turning from an accomplice to victory into a defeated and defeated one. — In the process of cognition, while new knowledge has not yet been achieved, various actions have to be taken to achieve it. Here is the opposition of knowledge to ignorance, and the bringing into harmony of the chaos of experiences, and penetration into the as yet inaccessible element of the not yet known, and differentiation from the random, interfering with the idea.

But knowledge has been won. This means that all these actions were brought to a positive result. Then in the field of knowledge everything related to it is achievable, nothing alien hinders it. It is possible and necessary to bring new, higher knowledge closer to what was previously known.

That which retains the power of persuasiveness in the latter, despite the achievement of new knowledge, which is at the highest level, is immediately united with it into a single system of knowledge. The same knowledge of the previous stages, which at the moment is late, that is, no longer suitable, is doomed to destruction. This is the intermediate situation between winning victory and its future educational effect. The text expresses it this way:

Approximation. Happiness. Delve into the oracle, and there will be no blasphemy from the original eternal perseverance. Isn't it better to come right away? Whoever is late will suffer misfortune.

The relationship here, at the beginning of rapprochement, is still extremely simple, devoid of pretentiousness and artificiality. Therefore, the “possessor of truth” is full of it, just as a simple, ingenuous clay jug is full of water. It's not about his appearance, but about his content. Everyone approaching him, even acting for his own sake, still does what the situation requires. Therefore, by coming to him unconditionally, to the end, he creates happiness not only for himself, but also for others. Passively preserving his knowledge, he is included with it in the entire system of the newly conquered level of world understanding and forms for the latter, as it were, a boundary that shapes it. This is the useful action of simple human reason, common sense, which is replaced by other types of knowledge at further stages. The text expresses this in the following words:

At the beginning there is a weak point. Approach the one who has the truth. There will be no blasphemy. He is full of truth, like a full jug. You will come completely to him, and there will be happiness for others too.

Here we also note that moment in knowledge, which is characterized by passion, a gravitation towards knowledge, but also the full opportunity to realize this gravitation. It exists, and nothing prevents it. The latter is even expressed purely graphically: after all, between the second trait (subject of desire) and the fifth (object of desire) there are no strong traits that can resist. However, at this stage we only mean approaching, but not yet achieving the object of desire. And if the fifth position, as we will see, will be characterized by complete and perfect knowledge, then this one will only be characterized by the desire for it and its possession is not real, but only ideally. The latter, however, is possible, because the line between the internal and the external is here destroyed by the force of their consonance and mutual attraction. These thoughts are given here only in a hint of a very sparse text, but they undoubtedly follow from the entire system of the monument and are necessary for a worthy saturation of an overly laconic text:

The weakest feature comes second. Approach it from the inside. Fortitude is fortunate.

This is also expressed in the fact that here there is only a desire for an ideal with the complete impossibility of its implementation, for the qualities that had such a beneficial effect on the previous stage: consonance, normality, concentration, are completely absent here. The latter is possible only on the second and fifth (central in the trigram) steps, the first and second are absent in this position: both the third and sixth positions are occupied by homogeneous and therefore dissonant forces, and the third, odd position is occupied by an unusually weak line. This is enclosed in the words of a laconic text:

The weak point is in third place. You approach him, but he is not the same.

The weak point is in fourth place. External approach to it. Fortitude is fortunate.

It is expressed in images borrowed from the rituals of ancient China. As one of the significant commentators, the Song Cheng I-chuano, points out, already during the Zhou dynasty there was a cult ritual of royal hunting, in which beaters were placed only on three sides of the field. The fourth side was open, and the game that fled from the hunting king could freely avoid death. Thus, only those animals were killed that went straight to the hunter, who “did not need life” and they “gave it to him themselves.” They believed that such an action by the king was a powerful prototype for the entire population, and that any prohibitions were unnecessary. This is how this freedom is expressed, framed within the framework of necessity. A relatively common text expresses this in the following words:

The strong point is in fifth place. Manifest approach. The king should place beaters only on three sides and miss the game that is in front. Then there will be no prohibitions for the townspeople. Happiness.

There's a weak line at the top. Approaching him is devoid of the main thing. Misfortune.