Meaning and interpretation
18 · Gu
Repair addresses a cause rather than covering a symptom.
Symbols and details in the image
Notice six lines numbered from below: 3 solid and 3 broken. Which detail catches your attention first? Explore the image and connect that detail with your question: gestures, shapes and contrasts open up new associations.
Image order, from bottom to top:
- Line 1: broken
- Line 2: solid
- Line 3: solid
- Line 4: broken
- Line 5: broken
- Line 6: solid
18 · Gu: interpretation
Which small repair could prevent repetition, and how would you check its effect?
A reading step by step
Try this example with changing lines: enter 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 7 from bottom to top. Line 1 changes. Nine is changing yang and six is changing yin; seven and eight remain stable. Open the reading to follow the initial hexagram into the relating one.
- Initial figure · 18 · Gu: Repair addresses a cause rather than covering a symptom.
- Related figure · 26 · DaChu: Sustained preparation builds capacity before expansion.
History and inspiration
The sixty-four hexagrams combine six solid or broken lines, read from bottom to top. Each entry presents the figure and a contemporary reading of its themes. In a consultation, stable and changing lines connect the primary and relating hexagrams; your result keeps that sequence.