Hexagram 59 · 风水涣

Dispersion

Wood · Li palace

Dissolving division; reduce the barrier and move.

Meaning

Wind over water: a force that scatters surface tension. Dispersion concerns the breaking up of what has separated people.

Decision Framework

Dissolve the division and set things moving.

Decision Guidance

Dispersion is about ending separation. It appears where an alliance has fragmented, a group has drifted, or inertia and self-interest have hardened into a barrier that keeps things stuck.

The classical instruction is to dissolve the obstacle rather than confront it. That usually means an act of movement or generosity—a ritual of reconnection, a visible commitment, or simply the decision to cross the gap yourself. The hexagram is favourable to reconnecting, but it also warns that dispersal is easy and regrouping takes deliberate effort.

Judgment — Classical Text

亨。王假有庙，利涉大川，利贞。

EN Success. The king arrives at the temple; crossing the great water furthers; perseverance furthers.

The Six Lines — Classical Text

初六：用拯马壮，吉。
EN Initial six: rescue with a strong horse — good fortune.
九二：涣奔其机，悔亡。
EN Nine in the second: dispersing and hurrying to what supports you — regret vanishes.
六三：涣其躬，无悔。
EN Six in the third: dispersing the self — no regret.
六四：涣其群，元吉。
EN Six in the fourth: dispersing the group — supreme good fortune; the mound becomes a hill: extraordinary.
九五：涣汗其大号，涣王居，无咎。
EN Nine in the fifth: dispersing like sweat, the great proclamation; dispersing the king's dwelling — no blame.
上九：涣其血，去逖出，无咎。
EN Topmost nine: dispersing the blood — keeping far away and departing: no blame.

Keywords

I Ching hexagram 59, Dispersion hexagram, Huan hexagram meaning, hexagram for reuniting