9.1.2.3.4.6 (9 > 45)
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 lake


Lower trigram: The sky The earth


9.2 (9 > 37) - Losing the thread of one's lies
One sees that it won't last and leaves with sadness.
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9.3 (9 > 61) - Following different paths
No one is heading in the same direction.
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9.4 (9 > 1) - Ensuring the protection of the weakest
One needs help, and is sincere. Someone will come.
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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.
38.1.2.3.4.5 (38 > 53) - Anticipating criticism
One is going to clean up so as not to have to worry about the slanderers.
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The starting situation
9.6 (9 > 5) - Dominating through fear
One wants to see the evidence that the other is patient and will not take any initiative, even modest, before committing to give back what one took.
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The direction where the ruler is going to bend
9.1.2.3.4 (9 > 12) - Drawing a blank on an exercise
One is facing a problem that one struggles to understand.