19. Approach

lín · Earth ☷ over Wind ☴

A time of growth and vitality — an energy that calls for involvement, not distance.

The Noble One's Path

Earth above the lake, close, present. This is a pure image of Ren: teaching and care that have no end and no limits.

The Lesson

Be present. Success now depends on your involvement, not on waiting for the perfect moment.

A question to sit with

What should I focus my attention on now, to make the best use of what's emerging?

Related hexagrams

In the I Ching no hexagram stands alone. Each one enters into relationships with others, and those relationships show the situation seen from the other side, in its opposite, and in its hidden tendency.

20. Contemplation / Looking

易

The classical deep dive for this hexagram — the Judgment and the Image after Richard Wilhelm — along with the texts of all six changing lines, is in the book. Get the book

卦

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