Hexagram 20 · line 3
Contemplation
觀Guān
Observing one's own life: advance or retreat.
Line statement
六三
觀我生，進退。
Observing one's own life: advance or retreat.
At the top of inner earth, Line 3 turns observation toward one's own life and the choice to advance or retreat. Firming it changes earth to mountain and gives Hexagram 53.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · boundary
Line 3 is the boundary of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an odd place: not aligned
Its yin polarity does not match the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 6: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 6; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
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