I Ching · Hexagram 52
Gèn: Keeping Still
Mountain upon mountain: complete stillness. Gen is knowing when to stop, quieting the mind and moving only when it is time to move.
- Keywords
- Stillness, rest, meditation, boundaries
- Upper trigram
- Mountain (Gen)
- Lower trigram
- Mountain (Gen)
- Advice
- Stop, breathe and let your thoughts settle before your next step.
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.