Trichotomous Form

Due to the lack of BOTH/AND states in this hexagram's trichotomous form, this hexagram CANNOT share context with any other hexagram.

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Transformations

At all times, the path into hexagram 62 is that of 56 - restrained journeying, wandering. What this implies is that the change of any hexagram into 62 is forced to go through the characteristics of 56

At all times the path out of hexagram 62 is the opposite of the path in - in this case the path described by 60 limiting, standardising. Thus the process of hexagram 62 changing into any other hexagram has to pass through hexagram 60 to start.

Influences

Hexagram 62 finds it's roots in hexagram 30, Guiding, with the emphasis on guiding and direction developing into portraying and acting.

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 33, structured retreating.

For hexagram 62, the contextual hexagrams sequence from the base line through to the top is:

• line 1 - hexagram 30, guiding, direction
• line 2 - hexagram 50, transforming
• line 3 - hexagram 35, progressing
• line 4 - hexagram 52, self-restraining, retaining
• line 5 - hexagram 33, structured retreating, tricking
• line 6 - hexagram 62, portraying, acting

Line Influences

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

62 (13,57) Portraying, Acting

     With self restraint comes awareness.
     

--  -- (6) Refurbishment - Exhausting : Facading        (47)      (22)
--  -- (5) Regulation - Stimulating : Concentrating     (31)      (41)
------ (4) Regulation - Cuttings : Pruning              (43)      (23)
------ (3) Likeness - Seeding : Returning               (44)      (24)
--  -- (2) Influence - Commiting : Refining             (32)      (42)
--  -- (1) Foundation - Founding : Ruling               (48)      (21)

Influencing changing line hexagram for:

Line 6 Hexagram   : 24
     5            : 42
     4            : 21
     3            : 22
     2            : 41
     1            : 23

Generic template-biased description

Expansive binding within the context of contractive bonding.
Expansive dynamic aspect within the context of a contracting static aspect.