Yi Jing · Chinese tarot
Stagnation
Hexagram 12 of the Yi Jing · 否 Pǐ
The figure
Heaven above Earth: the energies pull apart instead of meeting, each drawn to its extreme. The image of obstruction.
What this figure illuminates
Stagnation lights up the periods when the current no longer flows, when effort meets the wall. Forcing a closed passage exhausts; the moment calls instead for withdrawal and patience.
For a decision, the figure invites you to recognize when the ground is blocked: “is this the time to insist, or to withdraw, preserve my strength and wait for the current to return?”.
A question to keep
Should you insist, or save your strength until the current returns?
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