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Hexagram 32 / 64 · Practice

Hexagram 32Duration

Let consistency have room to breathe.

/ Heng
UPPER: THUNDER
LOWER: WIND

A modern reflection

A way to look at this moment.

Lasting commitment is more than repeating the same action. It involves returning to a purpose while adapting your methods to real conditions. Choose a rhythm you can sustain, and let a small interruption be a reason to resume rather than quit.

Sit with this question

Which commitment deserves a steadier rhythm?

One small practice.

Make one important practice small enough to repeat tomorrow.

The image & the structure.

This hexagram places thunder above wind. The lower trigram evokes gentle influence; the upper trigram evokes awakening movement. 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.

Learn about changing lines →
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.