Hexagram 40 • Deliverance/Relief • Hsieh

The image of Thunder over Water

A storm of thunder and rain washes away any obstruction to your path forward.
A new cycle begins with a release from tension.
Let go from any lingering transgression that you feel has been made against you.
Pardon and forgive. Get on with the new.

Be inspired to solve a problem that prevented you from
experiencing new and better opportunities.

You may realize that you have been in denial about the cause of your previous impasse.
Be like the rain pouring down as the seeds of the new begin to germinate.

Six in the first place

Celebrate relief from obstruction. Recuperate and rest before moving on.

Six the the first place changes to hexagram 54.
Paintings and Prescriptions hexagram 54.

Nine in the second place

The image of killing three fox with one arrow points to being delivered from tricksters.
The reward of a gold arrow is to honor your integrity and heroic behavior.

Nine in the second place changes to hexagram 16.

Paintings and Prescriptions hexagram 16.

Six in the third place

If in the desire to advance beyond your means by falsely presenting yourself
people will see through the pretense.
This behavior invites others to take from you what did not belong to you in the first place.

Six in the third place changes to hexagram 32.
Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 32.

Nine in the fourth place

Deliver yourself from those who want something from you for their own selfish reasons.
When you let go of those not truly connected
you will attract friends with whom you belong.

Nine in the fourth place changes to hexagram 7.
Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 7.

Six in the fifth place

Stay mindful and firm in the decision to be free from
issues and people that cause difficulties.

Six in the fifth place changes to hexagram 47.
Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 47.

Six in the last place

“The prince shoots at a hawk on a high wall. He kills it.
Everything serves to further.” . . . Wilhelm/Baynes

Hawks are predators with a heightened sense of observation.
The power of shooting and killing a hawk requires skilled
and precise action to remove this predator.
Be clear. It will take a “hawk-eyed” kind of sight and insight
to remove the perpetuator of conflicts.

Six in the last place changes to hexagram 64.
Paintings and prescriptions hexagram 64.

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