䷺ Hexagram 59: Expansion (Dispersion)

Judgment

DISPERSION intimates that there will be progress and success. The king goes to his ancestral temple. It will be advantageous to cross the great river. It will be advantageous to be firm and correct.

Image

The wind drives over the water: The image of EXPANSION. The ancient kings, in accordance with this, presented offerings to God and established the ancestral temple.

Description
Hexagram 59 is named 渙 (huàn), “Expansion (Dispersion)”. Other variations include Dissolution, Disintegration, Dispersal, Overcoming Dissension, Scattering, Dispersing, Unintegrated, Reuniting, Evaporation, Reorganization. Its inner trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water, and its outer trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind.