Hexagram 56 of 64

☲☶ The Wanderer

Being a stranger; travel light.

Upper trigram

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Fire · Li

Clarity and attachment.

FamilyMiddle daughter
ElementFire

Lower trigram

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Mountain · Gen

Stillness and limit.

FamilyYoungest son
ElementEarth

The image

Fire above, Mountain below.

Fire over Mountain: clarity and attachment meeting stillness and limit.

That combination is the whole meaning of hexagram 56. Nothing about it is arbitrary — change either trigram and you get a different hexagram with a different reading, which is why the 64 form a system rather than a list.

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52 Keeping Still 53 Development 54 The Marrying Maiden 55 Abundance 57 The Gentle 58 The Joyous 59 Dispersion