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Hexagram 18Repair

Attend to what has been left untended.

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UPPER: MOUNTAIN
LOWER: WIND

A modern reflection

A way to look at this moment.

An old pattern may continue simply because no one has stopped to examine it. Repair starts with a candid look at the problem, followed by patient work on its causes. Blame can identify a history without providing a useful next step.

Sit with this question

What recurring problem needs care at its source?

One small practice.

Fix or address one small neglected thing that affects your daily life.

The image & the structure.

This hexagram places mountain above wind. The lower trigram evokes gentle influence; the upper trigram evokes a place to pause. Consider these as images to explore rather than instructions to follow.

The six lines are read from the bottom upward. A solid line is yang; a broken line is yin. In a coin reading, some lines may change and form a relating hexagram. A hexagram on its own does not specify which lines are changing.

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This page contains original modern reflections, not a translation of the I Ching’s Judgment, Image, or individual line texts. Names vary between translations. About our sources and approach.