Six Doors · No. 19

第19卦临 Lín · Approach

Essence: The rising tide approaches; use it, knowing it turns.

Judgment

The rising force is drawing near: hands-on presence—supervising, teaching, encouraging—pays double now. But this growth window has an expiry; by the eighth month the tide turns. Commit fully while the season runs, and plan for its turning before it arrives.

Sixty-four hexagrams, six doors each

Trigrams

Upper

坤 Earth

earth

Lower

兑 Lake

lake

III

The lines

Line 1Approach the work in felt accord with those rising beside you; that shared momentum, kept honest, is fortunate.
Line 2The same joint influence, now at full strength—everything favors it, and anxiety about the future is wasted.
Line 3Approaching people with easy sweetness gets you nothing; the moment you see it and worry, the fault dissolves.
Line 4Come all the way down—full presence, no reserve toward those below—and no fault attaches.
Line 5Wise oversight means choosing the right people and trusting them; a great leader approaches through delegation.
Line 6Turning back, rich in experience, to nurture those still climbing—generous approach of this kind can only end well.

All the doors

Every single-step transition available from where you stand.

Inverse (綜) · Opposite (錯)

Inverse (綜)

Opposite (錯)

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Hexagram 19, Lín (Approach): The Rising Tide and the Eighth Month

A close reading of Hexagram 19, Lín, the Approach: two yang lines rising under earth, why hands-on presence pays now, the eighth-month turning, and how to read it.

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