Hexagram 47 of 64困 Kùn
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Oppression, Exhaustion
Depleted by the situation.
Confinement, adversity, besieged, distress, being trapped, depletion, hardship
☱Lake Above
☵Water Below
Short Summary
FreeA lake with no water — the basin empty, the fish stranded. The hexagram of burnout, and the specific way out of it.
You are exhausted. Not tired — exhausted. The situation has taken more than it has given back for longer than was sustainable. The hexagram does not ask you to push harder. It asks you to preserve your inner truth through a phase of depletion, and to trust that what you are will carry you.
Lake without water
the stones dry where fish once swam;
hold your own center.