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Hexagram 53 · Line 5

Development五六

Jian Gradual · Wu Liu

五六 · Wu Liu

The Line

The wild goose gradually draws near the summit. The woman for three years gets no child. Finally nothing can prevent it. Good fortune!

Interpretation

The summit is a high place. In a high place one easily comes into isolation. One is misunderstood by the one on whom one is dependent: the woman by her husband, the official by their lord. The cause of this is false people who have pushed themselves between. The consequence is that the relations remain sterile and nothing is accomplished. But the development brings it about that such misunderstandings dissolve and union finally comes about after all.

Hexagram 53 Line 5: 五六 — Development I Ching Line Meaning | I Ching Path