Hexagram 53 · line 2
Development
漸Jiàn
The wild goose advances to a broad rock. Eating and drinking in contentment. Favorable.
Line statement
六二
鴻漸于磐，飲食衎衎，吉。
The wild goose advances to a broad rock. Eating and drinking in contentment. Favorable.
A broad rock offers a secure place for food and ease at Line 2. Its change makes Wind below Wind, Hexagram 57. The settled landing can be compared with repeated wind and gradual influence.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · center
Line 2 is the center of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an even place: aligned
Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 5: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 5; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes