Return — the turning point, where light comes back after the dark.
The low point has passed and energy quietly returns. Welcome the new beginning gently and do not force the tender growth. Renewal arrives in its own natural rhythm.
returnrenewalturning pointrecovery
Return places Earth (receptive, devoted) above Thunder (arousing, moving). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
亨。出入无疾，朋来无咎。反复其道，七日来复，利有攸往。
The Image · 大象
雷在地中，复；先王以至日闭关，商旅不行，后不省方。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初九不远复，无祗悔，元吉。象曰：不远之复，以修身也。
- 六二休复，吉。象曰：休复之吉，以下仁也。
- 六三频复，厉无咎。象曰：频复之厉，义无咎也。
- 六四中行独复。象曰：中行独复，以从道也。
- 六五敦复，无悔。象曰：敦复无悔，中以自考也。
- 上六迷复，凶，有灾眚。用行师，终有大败，以其国君，凶；至于十年，不克征。象曰：迷复之凶，反君道也。
The judgment, image and line texts above are quoted from the original Zhou Yi. A modern Chinese translation of the full classic is available on the original-text page.