I Ching · Hexagram 53
Jiàn: Development
A tree on a mountain grows slowly and stands firm. Jian is development step by step, like a relationship or a career that deepens with time.
- Keywords
- Gradual progress, patience, commitment, steady growth
- Upper trigram
- Wind (Xun)
- Lower trigram
- Mountain (Gen)
- Advice
- Respect the natural order of steps; slow growth lasts.
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.