I Ching · Hexagram 40
Xiè: Deliverance
Thunder and rain break the tension and the air clears. Xie is the relief after difficulty, the moment to untie knots, forgive and return to ordinary life.
- Keywords
- Release, relief, forgiveness, fresh start
- Upper trigram
- Thunder (Zhen)
- Lower trigram
- Water (Kan)
- Advice
- Let go of what is resolved, and deal promptly with what is left.
Changing lines
When you cast this hexagram, any changing line is turning into its opposite: yang into yin, or yin into yang. Changing them gives a second hexagram that suggests where things are heading. Hexagram meanings are a starting point for reflection, not predictions.