Hexagram 59 · Lower canon
Huan · Dispersal
Let some of it scatter so the heart can breathe.
The figure
- Number
- 59 (Lower canon)
- Upper trigram
- Wind (Xun)
- Lower trigram
- Water (Kan)
- Keywords
- dispersing · opening · regathering
- Reversed hexagram
- Feng · Abundance
- Inverted hexagram
- Jie · Limitation
The meaning
What the name means Huan is scattering, dispersing, and also ice melting.
The picture Wind over water, blowing the surface open and scattering what had set.
The sense of the whole The whole hexagram is about scattering. A knot or a standoff that has set for too long should scatter, so do not cling too hard. Find again the thing that gathers people’s hearts.
In plain words: what this hexagram says
What was tight comes apart. Loosen the heavy heart and let go of what should go, then gather again.
The upper trigram is Wind and the lower is Water: Wind above, Water below. When you read it, first picture the two together as a scene, then set it against the original below. The plain words speak only of stance and do not foretell.
The judgement
亨。王假有廟，利涉大川，利貞。
The image
風行水上，渙；先王以享於帝立廟。
The six lines
From the bottom up, the first line is the lowest. When you cast this hexagram and a line is changing, read the matching one. The original is classical Chinese.
- 初六用拯馬壯，吉。
- 九二渙奔其機，悔亡。
- 六三渙其躬，無悔。
- 六四渙其群，元吉。渙有丘，匪夷所思。
- 九五渙汗其大號，渙王居，無咎。
- 上九渙其血，去逖出，無咎。
To learn how to read a hexagram, see "How to read a hexagram"; for changing lines, see "Changing lines and the resulting hexagram".