Hexagram 60 · line 5
Limitation
節Jié
Sweet limits. Favorable. Going wins esteem.
Line statement
九五
甘節，吉，往有尚。
Sweet limits. Favorable. Going wins esteem.
The limits in Line 5 are called sweet; the verdict is favorable, and going wins esteem. Its change makes Earth above Lake, Hexagram 19. The theme of approach can be considered beside limits that are accepted rather than resented.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · center
Line 5 is the center of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yang in an odd place: aligned
Its yang polarity matches the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 2: same polarity
Its counterpart is Line 2; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.
One line changes