Yi Jing · Chinese tarot
Keeping Still
Hexagram 52 of the Yi Jing · 艮 Gèn
The figure
The Mountain doubled: the immovable upon the immovable, absolute rest. The image of the halt, of the calm that lets you see.
What this figure illuminates
Keeping Still lights up the value of the halt: knowing how to stop when needed, to calm agitation so the mind can settle. Perpetual movement blinds; the pause restores sight.
For a decision, the figure invites the pause: “do I need to act here, or to stop long enough for the situation and myself to find calm again?”.
A question to keep
Should you act, or stop long enough for things to settle?
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