What does 水澤節 say about work?

Good for budgeting and disciplined planning.

What does 水澤節 say about relationships?

Keep distance; do not over-involve.

Which trigrams make up hexagram 60?

Upper trigram 水 (Water) over lower trigram 澤 (Lake).

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水澤節

Limitation

Hexagram 60 of the I Ching is 水澤節 (Limitation). Limitation — moderation. Success — but bitter limitation cannot be persevered in. Find the mean. Neither too strict nor too lax — keep measure.

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Upper: 水(Water)Lower: 澤(Lake)

Meaning

Limitation — moderation. Success — but bitter limitation cannot be persevered in. Find the mean.

Counsel

Neither too strict nor too lax — keep measure.

Outlook

Work: Good for budgeting and disciplined planning.
Relationships: Keep distance; do not over-involve.
Health: Moderate food, drink, life.

Recorded readings using this hexagram

Divining His Own Fate in Prison (1861)

Hexagram 3 → 60 · Chun (屯) changing to Setsu (節), line 2

Imprisoned as a young man, Takashima found a volume of the Book of Changes left in his cell, studied it for three years, then made paper ropes in place of yarrow stalks and cast a hexagram on his own fate.

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A Police Officer's Debt (Meiji era)

Hexagram 60 · Setsu (節) — Moderation, line 2

A police officer, sick with worry over a debt of 13,000 yen incurred educating a dead comrade's relatives, came to Takashima — and left with a repayment schedule and a limit on how long he was allowed to worry each day.

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Questions about this hexagram

What does hexagram 60 (水澤節) mean?: Limitation — moderation. Success — but bitter limitation cannot be persevered in. Find the mean.
What does 水澤節 counsel?: Neither too strict nor too lax — keep measure.
What does 水澤節 say about work?: Good for budgeting and disciplined planning.
What does 水澤節 say about relationships?: Keep distance; do not over-involve.
What does 水澤節 say about health?: Moderate food, drink, life.
Which trigrams make up hexagram 60?: Upper trigram 水 (Water) over lower trigram 澤 (Lake).

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