61.1.2.3.6 (61 > 39)
The trigrams
The trigrams are combinations of three yin and yang lines. The three bottom lines of the hexagram form the lower trigram and represent the inner situation. The three top lines form the upper trigram and represent the outer situation.
Upper trigram: The wind The water


Lower trigram: The lake The mountain


61.1 (61 > 59) - Anticipating a shortage
One prepares what is necessary while waiting for the demand.
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61.2 (61 > 42) - Receiving a friendly request
One agrees to answer those one loves.
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61.3 (61 > 9) - Being tamed
When one is attracted, one sometimes distrusts the other and resists their advances, then when one sees that the other does not turn away and endures the waiting, one questions oneself and returns before it is too late, helping them more than necessary.
Bing DeepL Google YandexThe nuclear hexagram: 27.1.2.4 (27 > 64)
The nuclear hexagram is the association of the two inner trigrams (lines 2,3,4 and 3,4,5). It represents the root, or the origin of the situation.
27.1.2.4 (27 > 64) - Trapping the resistance
One uses a subterfuge to confound one's opponents.
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The starting situation
61.6 (61 > 60) - Raising doubts about one's good faith
The others have no confidence because one has answered too quickly.
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The direction where the ruler is going to bend
61.1.2.3 (61 > 53) - Immobilized
One shows one' s flexibility so that others are surprised.
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