Heng 雷風恆
A time to keep going steadily
To last, you have to be consistent. Getting past the three-day resolution is today’s homework.
What does I Ching hexagram 32 (Duration) mean?
Thunder and wind lasting together: constancy. Steady persistence and the virtue of endurance are lucky.
- Duration in love
- Unchanging love and trust make a relationship last.
- Duration at work and with money
- Steady, continuing effort builds results.
- Advice
- Constancy is the strongest power.
The judgment and the image
Judgment · Duration
Very auspicious“Success, no blame. It is fitting to persevere; it is fitting to undertake something.”
The Image: Thunder and wind: duration. The noble person stands firm and does not change direction.
原文 · 亨，无咎。利貞，利有攸往。 / 雷風，恆；君子以立不易方。
The six lines of hexagram 32
Lines are read from the bottom up. When you cast a reading and a line is changing, its statement becomes the key message.
Line 1 · 初六
Misfortune“Digging deep for constancy; perseverance brings misfortune; nothing is favorable.”
Demanding too much, too soon. Constancy takes time.
原文 · 浚恆，貞凶，无攸利。
Line 2 · 九二
No blame“Regret vanishes.”
You hold a steady middle course and regrets disappear.
原文 · 悔亡。
Line 3 · 九三
Caution“Not constant in one’s virtue; someone may offer disgrace; persistence brings humiliation.”
Being changeable invites shame. Settle on your principles.
原文 · 不恆其德，或承之羞，貞吝。
Line 4 · 九四
Neutral“No game in the field.”
You are looking in the wrong place. Effort wasted.
原文 · 田无禽。
Line 5 · 六五
Caution“Constancy in one’s virtue; perseverance: good for a woman, misfortune for a man.”
Constancy is good when it means following. It is bad when you should be leading.
原文 · 恆其德，貞，婦人吉，夫子凶。
Line 6 · 上六
Misfortune“Shaking constancy: misfortune.”
Constant agitation destroys stability. Calm down.
原文 · 震恆，凶。
Related hexagrams
- Opposite hexagram (every line flipped): 42. Yi (Increase)
- Reversed hexagram (turned upside down): 31. Xian (Influence)
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