19: Lin

This hexagram shows two yang lines rising from below, with yin lines yielding above. It depicts a time when favorable conditions are approaching — not yet arrived, but drawing near with unmistakable momentum. The approach described here is mutual. As external circumstances move toward you, you must move toward them with equal commitment. Success comes not from waiting passively but from recognizing the moment and responding with appropriate vigor. Yet the oracle warns of the eighth month. What approaches must also recede. The wise person enjoys the advance while preparing for the inevitable withdrawal. To mistake a rising phase for a permanent condition ensures disappointment when the cycle turns. This is the hexagram of opportunity grasped at the right moment — neither too early nor too late, neither with excessive force nor insufficient resolve.