Which hexagram does Hexagram 57 change into?

It depends on which lines change. With one changing line: line 1 gives Hexagram 9, Small Taming; line 2 gives Hexagram 53, Development; line 3 gives Hexagram 59, Dispersion; line 4 gives Hexagram 44, Coming to Meet; line 5 gives Hexagram 18, Work on What Has Been Spoiled; line 6 gives Hexagram 48, The Well. With every line changing it becomes Hexagram 51, The Arousing.

I Ching · King Wen 57

Hexagram 57: The Gentle

䷸ 巽 Xùn · also called Wind, Penetrating, Ground · The Gentle above The Gentle

Wind repeated: gentle, persistent penetration, which reaches where force cannot, provided it has a direction.

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The meaning of Hexagram 57

Wind below, wind above: the gentle doubled, wind following wind. The Gentle describes influence that works by persistence rather than by force: the wind that shapes the rock over years, the idea that spreads by being repeated calmly. The tradition's judgement is modest and clear: success through what is small, it furthers to have somewhere to go, it furthers to see the great person. Gentleness needs a goal or it dissipates; it needs a leader or it wanders. The image is of commands repeated until they are understood. The reading says the situation calls for patient, unhurried, repeated influence, and it warns that gentleness without direction becomes mere yielding.

The image. Winds following one upon the other; the wise person spreads their commands and carries out their affairs.

Advice: Influence gently and repeatedly, toward a clear goal, under good guidance.
Warning: Gentleness without a direction is indecision; penetration pushed too far becomes intrusion.

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Structure: ☴ The Gentle (Wind) below, ☴ The Gentle (Wind) above. Nuclear hexagram 38, Opposition. Every line reversed: 51, The Arousing.

Hexagram 57 for love and relationships

Influence by patience: the same gentle thing, said and done again, until it reaches. Not pressure, not silence. The reading favours it and asks for a direction; gentleness that does not know what it wants becomes drifting.

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Hexagram 57 for career

Persuasion by repetition and calm: the proposal made again, clarified, brought back. The reading supports gentle persistence toward a clear goal, and the guidance of someone senior. Force will not work here; neither will passivity.

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Hexagram 57 for money

Small, patient, repeated gains rather than a single stroke. Keep the objective clear and keep at it. The reading warns against gentleness so complete it has no aim.

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Hexagram 57 for decisions

Choose the option that can be pursued patiently and repeatedly toward a definite end. The reading favours the gradual approach over the decisive one, and it insists on knowing where you are going.

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The six changing lines

Read from the bottom. A changing line flips, and the hexagram it changes into is named with each.

Line 6 · yang
Penetration under the bed. He loses his property and his axe. Persistence brings misfortune.
Gentleness taken so far that it has become weakness: investigating and yielding endlessly until the means of defence are gone. The line warns that penetration without limit destroys the one who penetrates.
Changing, it becomes Hexagram 48, The Well. Read line 6 →
Line 5 · yang
Persistence brings good fortune. Remorse vanishes. No beginning, but an end. Before the change, three days; after the change, three days. Good fortune.
A reform made gently and thoroughly: the situation considered before, the consequences watched after. The bad beginning is left behind and the end is good. The line asks for care on both sides of a change.
Changing, it becomes Hexagram 18, Work on What Has Been Spoiled. Read line 5 →
Line 4 · yin
Remorse vanishes. During the hunt three kinds of game are caught.
Gentleness combined with experience and energy, achieving a complete result: game for the offering, for the guests and for the kitchen. Modesty and capability together. The line is the hexagram's success.
Changing, it becomes Hexagram 44, Coming to Meet. Read line 4 →
Line 3 · yang
Repeated penetration. Humiliation.
Deliberating over and over without acting: gentleness that has become an endless reconsideration. The line calls it humiliating. At some point the wind must stop circling and blow.
Changing, it becomes Hexagram 59, Dispersion. Read line 3 →
Line 2 · yang
Penetration under the bed. Priests and magicians are used in great number. Good fortune. No blame.
Hidden influences at work, difficult to detect, and the effort to bring them to light by every means. Searching out what is concealed, thoroughly. The line approves of the investigation.
Changing, it becomes Hexagram 53, Development. Read line 2 →
Line 1 · yin
Advancing and retreating. The persistence of a warrior furthers.
Gentleness that has become wavering: forward, back, unable to settle. The remedy is a soldier's firmness of purpose, not more gentleness. The line diagnoses indecision and prescribes resolve.
Changing, it becomes Hexagram 9, Small Taming. Read line 1 →

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What does I Ching Hexagram 57 mean?: Wind repeated: gentle, persistent penetration, which reaches where force cannot, provided it has a direction. Wind below, wind above: the gentle doubled, wind following wind. The Gentle describes influence that works by persistence rather than by force: the wind that shapes the rock over years, the idea that spreads by being repeated calmly. The tradition's judgement is modest and clear: success through what is small, it furthers to have somewhere to go, it furthers to see the great person. Gentleness needs a goal or it dissipates; it needs a leader or it wanders. The image is of commands repeated until they are understood. The reading says the situation calls for patient, unhurried, repeated influence, and it warns that gentleness without direction becomes mere yielding.
What does Hexagram 57 mean for love?: Influence by patience: the same gentle thing, said and done again, until it reaches. Not pressure, not silence. The reading favours it and asks for a direction; gentleness that does not know what it wants becomes drifting.
Which hexagram does Hexagram 57 change into?: It depends on which lines change. With one changing line: line 1 gives Hexagram 9, Small Taming; line 2 gives Hexagram 53, Development; line 3 gives Hexagram 59, Dispersion; line 4 gives Hexagram 44, Coming to Meet; line 5 gives Hexagram 18, Work on What Has Been Spoiled; line 6 gives Hexagram 48, The Well. With every line changing it becomes Hexagram 51, The Arousing.