Hexagram 40 · 雷水解

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Upper trigram ☳ 震 · ThunderLower trigram ☵ 坎 · Water

Meaning

Deliverance; difficulties ease, seize the relief.

Thunder over water: thunderstorm clears the air. Deliverance.

解：利西南，無所往，其來復吉，有攸往，夙吉。

Deliverance: the southwest furthers. If there is nowhere to go, returning brings luck. If there is somewhere to go, hastening brings luck.

初六：無咎。
No blame.
九二：田獲三狐，得黃矢，貞吉。
One kills three foxes in the field and receives a yellow arrow. Perseverance brings luck.
六三：負且乘，致寇至，貞吝。
If a man carries a burden on his back and yet rides in a carriage, he invites robbers. Perseverance brings humiliation.
九四：解而拇，朋至斯孚。
Deliver yourself from your big toe; then the companion comes and you can trust him.
六五：君子維有解，吉，有孚于小人。
If only the noble one can deliver himself, it brings good fortune; thus he proves to inferior men that he is in earnest.
上六：公用射隼于高墉之上，獲之無不利。
The prince shoots at a hawk on a high wall; he kills it. Everything furthers.

Career	Problems resolve; seize the moment.
Money	Finances improve.
Love	Knots in the heart come undone.
Health	Health improves.
Travel	Good to travel, especially southwest.