Hexagram 35
Progress
晉
Upper
Fire · 離
the clinging, clarity
Lower
Earth · 坤
the receptive, yielding
Contemporary judgment
Progress. The sun rises and illuminates what has been obscure. Recognition, advancement, and forward movement are at hand. What has been prepared in hidden work now becomes visible. Step forward openly; this is not a moment for false modesty.
Image
The sun rising above the earth. The superior person brightens their own bright virtue.
Counsel
Take the visible step. Be willing to be seen. Do not manufacture drama or take credit you have not earned, but also do not shrink from what is genuinely yours. Continue your inner work even as outer things bloom; the brightness lasts only as long as the root is sound.
The six lines
Numbered from the bottom upward; displayed here from first to sixth.
Line 1
A six at the beginning means: Progressing, but rebuffed. Perseverance brings good fortune. If one finds no trust, let one remain calm. No fault.
Line 2
A six in the second place means: Progressing, but in sorrow: Perseverance brings good fortune. One will then obtain great happiness from one's ancestress.
Line 3
A six in the third place means: All are in agreement. Remorse vanishes.
Line 4
A nine in the fourth place means: Progress like a hamster. Perseverance brings danger.
Line 5
A six in the fifth place means: Remorse vanishes. Take not to heart gain and loss. Undertakings bring good fortune. Everything is furthering.
Line 6
A nine at the top means: Progressing with the horns one may do only to chastise one's own territory. Awareness of danger brings good fortune. No blame. Perseverance brings humiliation.
Contemporary sections are original app interpretations. Line text comes from the CC0 translation in jesshewitt/i-ching.