Forced Inaction

Abounding veils them. The capital is so dark at noon we see only dimly. He breaks his right arm. This is not a mistake. You see such extraordinary things that you lose the capacity to respond. This is not a mistake. The fertile shock is on the way. Still your compulsions and stabilize your heart. A greater mission lies ahead. These goings and comings release the energy now bound up in the past. Gather your resources for a decisive new move.

九三, 豐其沛, 日中見沬, 折其右肱, 无咎.

The underbrush is of such abundance ##### Comments That the small stars can be seen at noon. He breaks his right arm . No blame. The image is that of a progressive covering over of the sun. Here the eclipse reaches totality, therefore even the small stars can be seen at noon. In the sphere of social relationships, this means that the prince is now so eclipsed that even the most insignificant persons can push themselves into the foreground. This makes it impossible for an able man, though he might be the right hand of the ruler, to undertake anything. It is as though his arm were broken, but he is not to blame for being thus hindered in action.