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Hexagram 29 · The Abyss

The Abyss · Kǎn

Danger upon danger — constancy wins

Read for: danger, risk, crisis, repeated trouble, perseverance, trial, depth

The picture

Water doubled: drop after drop falling into the depth — danger repeated, and passed through.

☵ Water above, ☵ Water below — depth and flowing danger meeting depth and flowing danger.

What Hexagram 29 means

Hexagram 29 is the doubled water: trouble that comes again while the first trouble is still wet. The counsel is a swimmer's: do not fight the current and do not stop in the middle of the crossing. What gets through is what the text praises — the heart that keeps its purpose and keeps moving.

Hexagram 29 for career and work

A risky passage: audits, cash-flow squeezes, turbulence. Keep integrity absolutely — in danger, reputation is the rope.

Hexagram 29 for love and marriage

Troubled water again. Honesty is the only flotation; secrets sink both of you.

Hexagram 29 for family matters

A hard stretch — illness, money, uncertainty. Small rituals, kept daily, are the rope across.

How to respond to Hexagram 29

Move through, not around: identify the far bank, keep your word exactly, and refuse the temptation to stop mid-stream.

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Hexagram 29 — frequently asked

What does Hexagram 29 (The Abyss) mean in the I Ching?

Hexagram 29 is the doubled water: trouble that comes again while the first trouble is still wet. The counsel is a swimmer's: do not fight the current and do not stop in the middle of the crossing. What gets through is what the text praises — the heart that keeps its purpose and keeps moving.

Is Hexagram 29 favourable for love or career?

In career terms, A risky passage: audits, cash-flow squeezes, turbulence. In love, Troubled water again.

What should I do if I cast Hexagram 29?

Move through, not around: identify the far bank, keep your word exactly, and refuse the temptation to stop mid-stream.