Hexagram 40
Deliverance
Xie · Release
Overview
This phase invites balance and asks you to notice what is ready to mature without forcing the outcome.
Relationship
In relationships, Deliverance 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
Small, consistent actions build financial confidence better than large gambles.
Health
Notice where tension settles in your body and ask what it is trying to signal.
Advice
Move with renewal and choose the next step that keeps your values visible.
Avoid
Avoid mistaking urgency for importance; pause before committing.
Reflection
What have you been avoiding that is ready to be seen?
The Six Lines
Explore each line's meaning and interpretation.
初六
Chu Liu
No blame.
二六
Er Liu
In the field one bags three foxes and receives a yellow arrow. Perseverance brings good fortune.
三九
San Jiu
If one carries a burden on one's back and yet rides on the wagon, one thereby causes robbers to come near. Perseverance leads to humiliation.
四六
Si Liu
Free yourself from your big toe. Then the companion comes, and him you can trust.
五九
Wu Jiu
If the noble one can only free themself, that brings good fortune. They thus show the petty that they are in earnest.
上六
Shang Liu
The prince shoots at a hawk on a high wall. He brings it down. Everything is furthering.