Hexagram 59 of 64
涣 huàn
Dispersion
巽 (xùn, Wind) above · 坎 (kǎn, Water) below
The Judgment 卦辞
Ice breaking up on the river — rigidity dissolving. Melt the stiffness in a group, or in yourself, at the source; then gather people at the temple, not the fortress.
The Image 大象
Wind blows over the water: dispersion. Kings of old offered sacrifices and established themselves at the height.
The six lines 爻辞
Each line of 涣 has its own classical text. If a line in your cast is changing, its text is the heart of your reading.
Line 1 · 初六
A strong horse to carry the rescue. Swift help, well-mounted — good fortune.
「用拯马壮，吉」
Line 2 · 九二
The ice rushes to the platform and stops. Finding the firm spot in the melt — regret gone.
「涣奔其机，悔亡」
Line 3 · 六三
Melting the rigidity of the self. No regret in dissolving your own armor.
「涣其躬，无悔」
Line 4 · 六四
Dissolving the clique — supreme good fortune. The melt reveals a hill of shared ground: not what ordinary minds imagined.
「涣其群，元吉。涣有丘，匪夷所思」
Line 5 · 九五
The cry goes out like sweat released; the royal house itself dispersed and reordered. No blame.
「涣汗其大号，涣王居，无咎」
Line 6 · 上九
The wound washed away, fear carried far off. No blame remains.
「涣其血，去逖出，无咎」
If you drew this in a reading
A pattern of tension and craft. This hexagram belongs to the large middle family of mixed patterns: it works, but only along its own grain. Read the Judgment closely — mixed hexagrams usually name the exact condition on which their promise depends.
In yes/no questions this hexagram reads as “not yet clear” — the answer hinges on timing and execution.
The trigrams give the flavor: 巽 (Wind) above — gentle penetration — gradual influence, flexibility, patience — over 坎 (Water) below — the abysmal — depth, danger, flow through difficulty. Where those two energies meet, 涣 is born.
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