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05 Waiting (Nourishment)
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"[With perseverence comes overcoming(control)]. Clouds above relate to heaven: FORCED WAITING. One finds peace of mind in eating and drinking."
Class: Integrating
Cooperative format : In hexagram 05 the goal is to eventually be the active leader(14). However, when danger exists (one's 'moment' has not yet come) one needs to keep one's balance by bidding one's time and let external events follow their course; serving and cultivating as we wait.
Oppositional format : water against light.
Template/Persona format : Contractive bounding in a context of expansive blending. Control in a context of perseverence.
Five-Phase Relationships : The trigram of Heaven reflects Exchange (through opposition, competition). The trigram of Water reflects Consumption. Exchange through consumption is expressed as waiting, serving one's dues, making social connections ('eating and drinking').
Hexagram 05 is the particular of hexagram 64 where the general emphasis on remaining open, avoiding completion, is expressed in the particular behaviour of waiting; of serving ones dues.
Goal of 05 - hexagram 48 (or 'how do I 48? - 05' How do I set down foundations? By cultivating useful connections for the future)
05 is the goal of 45 (or 'how do I 05? - 45' How do I cultivate useful connections? In a positive crowd, a celebrating crowd)
The raw context from which this situation derives is described by hexagram 09 (make small gains). The raw nature of the base line position is desxcribed by analogy with hexagram 57 Influencing/Cultivating. It passes through hexagram 26 Holding Firm before finding its fullest expression in hexagram 05.
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Root Vertical Binary |
Quality Matrix |
Root Horizontal Binary |
Balance Matrix |
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05 48 63 39 60 29 03 08 |
09 57 37 53 61 59 42 20 |
06 47 64 40 59 29 04 07 |
06 47 64 40 59 29 04 07 |
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43 28 49 31 58 47 17 45 |
01 44 13 33 10 06 25 12 |
44 28 50 32 57 48 18 46 |
44 28 50 32 57 48 18 46 |
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11 46 36 15 19 07 24 02 |
26 18 22 52 41 04 27 23 |
12 45 35 16 20 08 23 02 |
12 45 35 16 20 08 23 02 |
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34 32 55 62 54 40 51 16 |
14 50 30 56 38 64 21 35 |
33 31 56 62 53 41 52 15 |
33 31 56 62 53 41 52 15 |
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09 57 37 53 61 59 42 20 |
05 48 63 39 60 29 03 08 |
10 58 38 54 61 60 41 19 |
19 41 60 61 54 38 58 10 |
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01 44 13 33 10 06 25 12 |
43 28 49 31 58 47 17 45 |
01 43 14 32 09 05 26 11 |
11 26 05 09 32 14 43 01 |
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26 18 22 52 41 04 27 23 |
11 46 36 15 19 07 24 02 |
25 17 21 51 42 03 27 24 |
24 27 03 42 51 21 17 25 |
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14 50 30 56 38 64 21 35 |
34 32 55 62 54 40 51 16 |
13 49 30 55 37 63 22 36 |
36 22 63 37 55 30 49 13 |
Above.
By introducing this hexagram as context, you can change a state described by any other hexagram into a state described by hexagram 09. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 09 as context.
Introducing a context of calculated waiting and serving ones dues leads to the expression of making small gains. Reciprocally a context of making small gains leads to the expression of calculated waiting.
It is important to remember that, when using transformative methods, the more lines requiring change, the more energy required when attempting to introduce a different context. It may therefore be of benefit to work on existing changing lines and achieve your goal in steps rather than attempt, for example, a six-line change all at once.
To 'go with the flow', any hexagram that is changing into hexagram 06 reflects an influence of 05 on that hexagram in that the 'flow' is in hexagram 05 and as such this reflects the need to adapt to that flow and so take-on the properties and methods of 05.
