䷻ Hexagram 60: Limitation

Judgment

LIMITATION bring progress and success, but if they are severe and difficult they cannot be permanent.

Image

Water over lake: the image of LIMITATION. You should construct methods of numbering and measurement, and examine the nature of virtuous conduct.

Description
Hexagram 60 is named 節 (jié), “Limitation”. Other variations include Restraint, Regulations, Articulating, Receipt, Restraining, Containment. Its inner trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp, and its outer trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water.