Hexagram 60 Line 2: 九二
Position: Line 2 (Lower Trigram)九二 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: inauspicious
Classical Chinese Text
九二 不出門庭。凶。
不bùnot
出chūgoing out
門ménthe door
庭tíngthe chamber
凶xiōngunfortunate
Line Commentary
Not going out of the gate and the courtyard brings misfortune. When the time for action has come, the moment must be quickly seized. Just as water first collects in a lake without flowing out, yet is certain to find an outlet when the lake is full, so it is in the life of a person. It is good to hesitate so long as the time for action has not come—but no longer. Once obstacles to action have been removed, anxious hesitation is a mistake bound to bring disaster because you miss your opportunity.
When This Line Changes
If Line 2 changes, Hexagram 60 Jie (Limitation) transforms into Hexagram 3 Zhun (Difficulty at the Beginning).
Parent Hexagram
Limitation
Jie節 (60)
Water (坎) over Lake (兌)
Upper Trigram: ☵ Water | Lower Trigram: ☱ Lake