Hexagram 43 for career: Breakthrough

夬 Guài · Career

A decisive break with a last remaining problem, a person or a practice. Declare it in the open, through proper means, and do not underestimate the resistance. Share the gains of the resolution rather than keeping them.

Heaven below, lake above: a lake risen to the sky, about to burst. Breakthrough describes the moment when what has been building must break: a resolute declaration against a last inferior element, made openly and in the right way. The tradition's judgement is detailed. The matter must be declared publicly and truthfully; there is danger; one must notify one's own city and not resort to arms; it furthers to have somewhere to go. The image warns against hoarding the gains. The reading says the time for resolution has come, that it should be done in the open, by declaration rather than force, and that the last remnant of the old must not be underestimated.

Advice: Resolve the matter openly and truthfully, by declaration not force, and share what it frees.
Warning: Underestimating the last inferior element, or resolving it by violence, turns the breakthrough against you.

The changing lines, read for career

If your cast of Hexagram 43 had changing lines, these are what each one adds to a career question, and where each leads.

Line 1 · changes into 28 Great Excess
Mighty in the forward-striding toes. Going without being equal to the task brings a mistake. Do not charge before you can carry it through.
Line 2 · changes into 49 Revolution
A cry of alarm. Arms at evening and night. Fear nothing. Stay armed and alert, and then there is nothing to fear.
Line 3 · changes into 58 The Joyous
Powerful in the cheekbones brings misfortune. The superior person is firmly resolved. He walks alone and is caught in the rain, spattered and murmured against. No blame. Keep your resolve, keep it off your face, and accept being misjudged for a while.
Line 4 · changes into 5 Waiting
No skin on the thighs, walking is hard. Led like a sheep, remorse disappears. Hearing these words, one does not believe them. Let yourself be led for now; your obstinacy is the injury.
Line 5 · changes into 34 Great Power
Dealing with weeds needs firm resolution. Walking in the middle, one is free of blame. Root it out firmly, repeatedly, and without going too far.
Line 6 · changes into 1 The Creative
No cry. In the end, misfortune. Do not assume it is finished; the remnant left unwatched returns.

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