Hexagram 53 of 64渐 Jiàn
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Development, Gradual Progress
Step by step, not skipping stages.
Gradual advance, incremental progress, slow infiltration, step-by-step growth, maturation
☴Wind Above
☶Mountain Below
Short Summary
FreeTrees growing on a mountain — the slow rise, the natural order of development. Nothing can be hurried.
You are in a phase of genuine but gradual development. The hexagram asks you not to skip stages. The classical image is of a goose flying in formation — it does not overtake the line. Some things must unfold in their natural order.
Tree on the mountain
rings added one at a time;
no shortcut to growth.