Hexagram 32 · line 6

Duration

恆Héng

Constant agitation. Misfortune.

Line statement

上六

振恆,凶。

Constant agitation. Misfortune.

Agitation occupies Line 6, where continuity has reached its limit. A firm top turns Thunder into Fire and produces Hexagram 50, The Cauldron above Wind.

Computed position

How this place works

Trigram position
outer · boundary

Line 6 is the boundary of the outer trigram.

Polarity and place
yin in an even place: aligned

Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.

Correspondence
Line 3: responsive

Its counterpart is Line 3; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.

One line changes

Moving to 50 · The Cauldron