I Ching · #12
䷋
Standstill
天地否
stagnation
withdrawal
endurance
The Judgment
否之匪人,不利君子貞,大往小來。
Standstill. Evil people do not further the perseverance of the superior person. The great departs; the small approaches.
The Image
天地不交,否;君子以儉德辟難,不可榮以祿。
Heaven and earth do not unite: the image of Standstill. Thus the superior person falls back upon their inner worth.
In one line
When nothing connects, withdraw and hold your ground.
Trigrams
Lower (inner)
☷
Earth
the earth · Earth
Upper (outer)
☰
Heaven
the sky · Metal