Hexagram 40 · Loosening

Loosening

Thunder above · Water below

Traditional palace notation: 震宫 · 二世卦

A tension or blockage begins to release. Deal with what remains necessary and avoid keeping the difficulty alive through needless repetition. Relief creates space to restore ordinary cooperation and let people move beyond an old strain.

A question in mind. A moment to reflect.

Cast the coins rather than choosing a result.
Write one question, then cast three coins six times.

Cast coins

Hexagram text · Classical Chinese (untranslated)

解:利西南,无所往,其来复吉。有攸往,夙吉。

Tuan commentary · Classical Chinese

彖曰:解,险以动,动而免乎险,解。解利西南,往得众也。其来复吉,乃得中也。有攸往夙吉,往有功也。天地解,而雷雨作,雷雨作,而百果草木皆甲坼,解之时义大矣哉!

Image commentary · Classical Chinese

象曰:雷雨作,解;君子以赦过宥罪。

Six lines · Classical Chinese (untranslated)

上六

公用射隼,于高墉之上,获之,无不利。

象曰:公用射隼,以解悖也。

六五

君子维有解,吉;有孚于小人。

象曰:君子有解,小人退也。

九四

解而拇,朋至斯孚。

象曰:解而拇,未当位也。

六三

负且乘,致寇至,贞吝。

象曰:负且乘,亦可丑也,自我致戎,又谁咎也。

九二

田获三狐,得黄矢,贞吉。

象曰:九二贞吉,得中道也。

初六

无咎。

象曰:刚柔之际,义无咎也。