Hexagram 60 · line 4

Limitation

節Jié

Content with limits. Success.

Line statement

六四

安節,亨。

Content with limits. Success.

Line 4 accepts restraint naturally and receives a verdict of success. Its change makes Lake above Lake, Hexagram 58. Accepted limits and shared joy provide a comparison about how restraint is experienced.

Computed position

How this place works

Trigram position
outer · base

Line 4 is the base of the outer trigram.

Polarity and place
yin in an even place: aligned

Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.

Correspondence
Line 1: responsive

Its counterpart is Line 1; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.

One line changes

Moving to 58 · The Joyous (Lake)