Hexagram 28 · 大過 · dà guò
Hexagram 28. Dà Guò · Preponderance of the Great
☱☴ Lake over wind: Duì above, Xùn below.
Ta Kwo suggests to us a beam that is weak. There will be advantage in moving (under its con¬ ditions) in any direction whatever; there will be success.
Ta Kwo suggests to us a beam that is weak. There will be advantage in moving (under its con¬ ditions) in any direction whatever; there will be success.
The beam is overloaded and bending: the strain exceeds what the structure can bear. An extraordinary time demands extraordinary decisions — but not panic. Find where to shift the weight: change the supports, drop what is excessive, act resolutely and alone if need be.
The Image
The lake has risen above the tree and drowns it: the load exceeds the bearing capacity. Ordinary measures no longer work — extraordinary ones are needed: change the supports, drop ballast, act alone and fast. The time justifies exceptional decisions — not panic, and not heroics for show. Find where to shift the weight before the beam cracks.
Interpretation of hexagram 28
XXVIII. The Ta Kwo Hexagram. the strong line below, which is not proper, and then from the strong 6, not its proper correlate, and too far removed. In either case the thing is evil.
The lines of hexagram 28
First line
The first line, divided, shows one placing mats of the white mao grass under things set on the ground. There will be no error.
Line 3 is weak, in an odd place; and as it occupies the last place in the trigram of movement, all that quality culminates in its subject. Hence he considers himself sufficient for himself, without any help from without, and the issue is bad.
Second line
The second line, undivided, shows a decayed
With line 4 we pass into the upper trigram. It is next to the ruler’s place in 5 moreover, and bent on nourishing and training all below. Its proper correlate is the strong 1; and though weak in himself, its subject looks with intense desire to the subject of that for help; and there is no error.
Third line
The third line, undivided, shows a beam that is weak. There will be evil.
The subject of line 5 is not equal to the requirements of his position; but with a firm reliance on the strong 6, there will be good fortune. Let him not, however, engage in the most difficult undertakings.
Fourth line
The fourth line, undivided, shows a beam curving upwards. There will be good fortune. If (the subject of it) looks for other (help but that of line one), there will be cause for regret.
The topmost line is strong, and 5 relies on its subject; but being penetrated with the idea of the hexagram, he feels himself in the position qf master or tutor to all under heaven. The task is hard and the responsibility great; but realising these things, he will prove himself equal to them.
Fifth line
The fifth line, undivided, shows a decayed willow producing flowers, or an old wife in posses¬ sion of her young husband. There will be occasion neither for blame nor for praise.
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Top line
The topmost line, divided, shows its subject with extraordinary (boldness) wading through a stream, till the water hides the crown of his head. There will be evil, but no ground for blame.
willow producing shoots, or an old husband in pos¬ session of his young wife. There will be advantage in every way.
Did hexagram 28 come up in your reading? The oracle itself gives the full reading, with changing lines and the second hexagram.
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