Hexagram 32
Duration
Heng · Steady devotion
Overview
This phase invites balance and asks you to notice what is ready to mature without forcing the outcome.
Relationship
In relationships, Duration points toward honest attention, softer assumptions, and communication that leaves space for another person's reality.
Career
For career questions, this pattern favors timing paired with practical next steps, especially where the path has felt emotionally crowded.
Finance
Avoid tying your sense of security to any single outcome or investment.
Health
Sleep is a non-negotiable priority; nothing functions well without it.
Advice
Move with renewal and choose the next step that keeps your values visible.
Avoid
Avoid letting old patterns dictate your response to a new situation.
Reflection
What would change if you stopped waiting for permission?
The Six Lines
Explore each line's meaning and interpretation.
初六
Chu Liu
To seek duration too quickly brings misfortune persistently. Nothing that would further.
二六
Er Liu
Remorse vanishes.
三九
San Jiu
Whoever does not give duration to their character will be offered disgrace. Persistent humiliation.
四九
Si Jiu
There is no game in the field.
五九
Wu Jiu
Giving duration to one's character through perseverance, this is good fortune for a woman, misfortune for a man.
上六
Shang Liu
Restlessness as a lasting condition brings misfortune.