Hexagram 35: Progress

火地晋 · Jìn

Hexagram 35, Progress (Jìn, 晋), is formed of the upper trigram Fire (离) over the lower trigram Earth (坤). Below is the classical judgment, the six line texts, and how to read this hexagram in a reading.

The Judgment

Progress: the strong prince is granted horses in abundance and received three times in a single day.
康侯用锡马蕃庶,昼日三接。

Trigrams

Upper · Fire 离
clarity, clinging
Lower · Earth 坤
the receptive, devotion

The outer (upper) trigram Fire describes the situation as it meets the world; the inner (lower) trigram Earth describes its inner disposition. Together they set the theme of Progress.

The Six Lines

Reading Hexagram 35 for Your Question

When Progress appears without changing lines, the judgment above stands as the whole answer. When you cast changing lines (a 6 or a 9), read those line texts first — they are the most specific guidance — then look to the relating hexagram they form for where the situation is heading. For love, career, or a decision, apply the theme of Progress to your own circumstances rather than reading it as a fixed prediction.

Ask the oracle your own question and see whether Progress answers.

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