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Hexagram 60: Limitation
節 · Jié
Limitation. Success. Bitter limitation must not be persevered in.Judgment 卦辭
Water over the lake: the image of Limitation. The superior man creates numbers and measures and ponders the beginning and end of things.Image 象辭
Core Meaning of Hexagram 60
Hexagram 60 is the measure — the lake holding water only up to its rim. Boundaries, structure, budget, the decided limit: form is what makes anything usable and alive (unmeasured water is a flood). The image adds forethought: numbers and measures, pondered at the beginning. The judgment’s warning balances the book: limits that turn bitter — joyless severity — must not be persisted in.
Hexagram 60 in a Reading
In a reading, set the limit: money, hours, scope, indulgence, availability. Structure your resource deliberately — the container creates the value. Design limits you can honor cheerfully, proportioned to the actual vessel, and renegotiate rather than rot inside them. For groups: fair, known, decided-together limits. Discipline with a living rim is freedom; bitter limitation is just another flood postponed.
Common Questions
What does hexagram 60 mean?
Hexagram 60 is the measure — the lake holding water only up to its rim. Read the full meaning above, or cast your own reading with our free online I Ching coins.
What is the structure of hexagram 60?
Hexagram 60 is built from the trigram Water above and Lake below — binary 110010 read from the bottom line to the top. Limitation is King Wen number 60 of the 64 hexagrams.
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