Stick Twelve — Stick Twelve · Yihai, the Reed in Deep Water

乙亥

FavorableThe wind is with you, if you sail.

The reed does not argue with the flood.
It bends, and is still rooted
when the argument is over.

Yin wood rooted in deep winter water: flexible above, anchored below. As a timing stick, this favours suppleness over resistance for the near term. Conditions around a plan are still moving; the winning posture is to bend with them while keeping the root — the core intention — firmly planted. Postpone the confrontation, not the commitment. When the water settles, the reed is exactly where it chose to be.

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