䷜ Hexagram 29: Gorge

Judgment

THE ABYSMAL repeated. If you are sincere, you have success in your heart, And whatever you do succeeds.

Image

Water flows on uninterruptedly and reaches its goal: The image of THE ABYSMAL (WATER). Walk in lasting virtue and carry on the business of teaching.

Description
Hexagram 29 is named 坎 (kǎn), “Gorge”. Other variations include “the abyss” (in the oceanographic sense) and “repeated entrapment”. Its inner trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water, and its outer trigram is identical.