Hexagram 59 for decisions: Dispersion

渙 Huàn · A decision

Choose the option that dissolves division and reunites people around something they hold in common. The reading supports crossing the great water after the ice breaks; decide in that order.

Water below, wind above: wind moving over water, breaking up the ice and scattering the mist. Dispersion describes the dissolving of what has hardened: selfishness that separates people, blockages in feeling, factions in a group. The tradition's judgement is that the king approaches his temple, that it furthers to cross the great water, and that persistence furthers. The dispersion of division is followed by a gathering around something shared and sacred. The reading says the time is for dissolving what divides, in yourself first, and that large undertakings become possible once the ice has broken.

Advice: Dissolve what divides, beginning with your own rigidity, and gather people again around what is shared.
Warning: Dispersion without a centre to gather around scatters everyone and reunites no one.

The changing lines, read for decisions

If your cast of Hexagram 59 had changing lines, these are what each one adds to a decision question, and where each leads.

Line 1 · changes into 61 Inner Truth
He brings help with the strength of a horse. Good fortune. Act fast, while the division is still small.
Line 2 · changes into 20 Contemplation
At the dissolution he hurries to that which supports him. Remorse disappears. Turn back to what supports you instead of feeding the estrangement.
Line 3 · changes into 57 The Gentle
He dissolves his self. No remorse. Set yourself aside for the task; there is no regret in it.
Line 4 · changes into 6 Conflict
He dissolves his bond with his group. Supreme good fortune. Dispersion leads to accumulation. This is something ordinary people do not think of. Give up the faction for the whole; it is a gain that looks like a loss.
Line 5 · changes into 4 Youthful Folly
His loud cries are as dissolving as sweat. Dissolution. A king abides without blame. Give people the idea they can gather around; say it clearly and at the right moment.
Line 6 · changes into 29 The Abysmal
He dissolves his blood. Departing, keeping at a distance, going out, is without blame. Take yourself and your own out of the danger; distance is right here.

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