Six Doors · No. 32

第32卦恒 Héng · Duration

Essence: Endure by moving; constancy is direction, not stillness.

Judgment

Endurance is not standing still; it is holding a direction inside constant motion, the way seasons do. Thunder and wind travel together without losing each other—marriages, ventures, and disciplines all persist by this moving constancy. Fix your bearings, then set out afresh, again and again.

Sixty-four hexagrams, six doors each

Trigrams

Upper

震 Thunder

thunder

Lower

巽 Wind

wind

III

The lines

Line 1Demanding depth and permanence at the very start—digging for forever before the ground exists—wrecks what it wants.
Line 2Your strength exceeds what the position allows, yet holding to the middle course makes the regret disappear.
Line 3A character that will not stay constant sooner or later collects its disgrace; the wobbling itself is the invitation.
Line 4Hunting year after year in a field that holds no game: persistence aimed at the wrong place earns nothing, however long it lasts.
Line 5Unwavering devotion suits the one whose role is to follow; for the one who must weigh and decide, the same fixity becomes a fault.
Line 6Restlessness made permanent—agitation as your steady state—is duration turned against itself.

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 32, Héng (Duration): Why Lasting Means Moving

Hexagram 32, Héng, the Duration: why endurance is motion rather than stillness, what thunder and wind teach about constancy, its six lines, and reading it when you cast.

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