Due to the presence of BOTH/AND states in this hexagram's trichotomous form, this hexagram can share context with hexagrams 36, 40, and 51.
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At all times, the path into hexagram 46 is that of 18 - correcting. What this implies is that the change of any hexagram into 46 is forced to go through the characteristics of 18
At all times the path out of hexagram 46 is the opposite of the path in - in this case the path described by 17 - believing. Thus the process of hexagram 46 changing into any other hexagram has to pass through hexagram 17 to start.
Hexagram 46 finds it's roots in hexagram 26, holding firm, with the emphasis on holding firm developing into advancing, push upward.
As we progress towards the refined point at the top of the hexagram, so we pass through ever-improving states, the description of which is given by the order of contextual hexagrams. The final contextual state, prior to text and context becoming 'one', is described by the line 5 influence - hexagram 57, cultivating, influencing.
For hexagram 46, the contextual hexagrams sequence from the base line through to the top is:
At a finer level of analysis, the contextual hexagrams encapsulate the behaviour of a hexagram pair - where one is connected to the unchanging line and the other to the line when it changes.These pairs are shown below, with The layout format described here
46 (25,12) Accumulating (Ascending, building), Involving
With cultivation comes trust.
-- -- (6) Presence - Wasting : Maturing (54) (53)
-- -- (5) Influence - Overflowing : Dissolving (55) (59)
-- -- (4) Influence - Commiting : Refining (32) (42)
------ (3) Development - Directing : Uniting (14) (08)
------ (2) Regulation - Cuttings : Pruning (43) (23)
-- -- (1) Balance - Balancing : Neutralizing (11) (12)
Influencing changing line hexagram for:
Line 6 Hexagram : 08
5 : 23
4 : 12
3 : 53
2 : 59
1 : 42
Contractive blending within the context of contractive binding.
Contractive whole within the context of a contracting dynamic aspect.