Huan 風水渙
A time of scattering and loosening
What was blocked loosens, but there is a risk your attention scatters. Gather what matters into one place.
What does I Ching hexagram 59 (Dispersion) mean?
Wind over water, scattering. What was blocked dissolves and it is time to gather a scattered heart.
- Dispersion in love
- A hardened heart loosens and misunderstandings go away.
- Dispersion at work and with money
- Gather scattered morale and loosen a rigid organization.
- Advice
- Release attachment and the road opens.
The judgment and the image
Judgment · Dispersion
Auspicious“Success. The king comes to the temple; it is fitting to cross the great river; it is fitting to persevere.”
The Image: Wind over the water: dispersion. The ancient kings made offerings to the supreme being and built temples.
原文 · 亨，王假有廟，利涉大川，利貞。 / 風行水上，渙；先王以享于帝立廟。
The six lines of hexagram 59
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
Auspicious“Using the strength of a horse to help: good fortune; regret vanishes.”
Act quickly at the first sign of rifts. Fast help solves it.
原文 · 用拯馬壯，吉，悔亡。
Line 2 · 九二
No blame“At the time of dispersion, he rushes to his support; regret vanishes.”
Seek a stable support to rely on as things fall apart.
原文 · 渙奔其机，悔亡。
Line 3 · 六三
Caution“Dispersing his self; no regret.”
Letting go of selfishness is freeing.
原文 · 渙其躬，无悔。
Line 4 · 六四
Very auspicious“Dispersing his group: supreme good fortune. Dispersing, then gathering on a hill: something beyond ordinary thought.”
Let go of the clique. A bigger gathering forms in an unexpected way.
原文 · 渙其群，元吉。渙有丘，匪夷所思。
Line 5 · 九五
No blame“Dispersing like sweat with a great cry; dispersing the king’s stores; no blame.”
A strong public call that breaks up a stuck situation. Share the stores.
原文 · 渙汗其大號，渙王居，无咎。
Line 6 · 上九
No blame“Dispersing his blood, going far away; no blame.”
Get away from the danger, and you’re safe.
原文 · 渙其血，去逖出，无咎。
Related hexagrams
- Opposite hexagram (every line flipped): 55. Feng (Abundance)
- Reversed hexagram (turned upside down): 60. Jie (Limitation)
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