Hexagram 41
Decrease
Sun · Essential focus
Overview
This phase invites clarity and asks you to notice what is ready to mature without forcing the outcome.
Relationship
In relationships, Decrease points toward honest attention, softer assumptions, and communication that leaves space for another person's reality.
Career
For career questions, this pattern favors momentum paired with practical next steps, especially where the path has felt emotionally crowded.
Finance
Review your commitments with fresh eyes; some expenses no longer serve you.
Health
Small daily practices matter more than occasional intense efforts.
Advice
Move with discipline and choose the next step that keeps your values visible.
Avoid
Avoid over-explaining yourself to those who are not ready to hear.
Reflection
What would a calm version of you decide right now?
The Six Lines
Explore each line's meaning and interpretation.
初九
Chu Jiu
When business is finished, to go there quickly is no blame. But one must consider how far one may decrease others.
二六
Er Liu
Perseverance furthers. To undertake something brings misfortune. Without decreasing oneself, one is able to increase others.
三六
San Liu
When three people wander together, they are decreased by one person. When one person wanders, they find their companion.
四六
Si Liu
If one decreases their own faults, one causes the other to come eagerly and have joy. No blame.
五九
Wu Jiu
Someone does indeed increase them. Ten pairs of tortoises cannot resist it. Sublime good fortune!
上九
Shang Jiu
If one is increased without decreasing others, this is no blame. Perseverance brings good fortune. It is favorable to undertake something. One gets servants, but no longer has a particular home.