Steven Karcher & Michael Servetus
The city walls dissolve and return to the moat. Do not use the legions. This originates from the capital. Trial: Distress.
The structure of things collapses but this disaster may turn out to be heaven’s highway. Disentangle yourself from your own negativity. Take vigorous action to find the people you really belong with. An unexpected encounter will soon change the whole situation. Step outside the norms and re-imagine the situation. Co-operate with the ongoing process of change.
Richard Wilhelm
The wall falls back into the moat.
Use no army now.
Make your commands known within your own town.
Perseverance brings humiliation.
##### Comments
The change alluded to in the middle of the hexagram has begun to take place. The wall of the town sinks back into the moat from which it was dug. The hour of doom is at hand. When matters have come to this pass, we should submit to fate and not try to stave it off by violent resistance. The one recourse left us is to hold our own within our intimate circle. Should we persevere in trying to resist the evil in the usual way, our collapse would only be more complete, and humiliation would be the result.
