Approach in Family

The good time is approaching — so meet it working. Two strong lines are entering from below and the light is waxing; the powerful of spirit draw near to do the work, the way a riverbank stands over the lake it shelters. Approach your household actively now: the conversation too hard in the cold season lands softly in this one; the repair, the new chapter, the deeper commitment all have a tailwind. Practise the image's generosity — be inexhaustible in teaching and boundless in tolerance, which for a family means explaining yourself patiently, forgiving readily, and carrying each other's growth without keeping accounts. Come closer, in body and in spirit both, and build the trust from which the household's unity grows.

Warmth is returning where there was distance — meet the approach all the way (line 4): no guardedness, no preconditions, no protective reserve held back. Draw near to the estranged relative with none of the old preconceptions, and use everyone's real abilities rather than limiting anyone by past judgments. Where you hold the standing of a parent or elder, line 5 is the wisdom: approach through restraint — trust the family member's capability, don't manage them, and let events unfold without interference. And line 6 is the fullest form — the greathearted approach, the experienced heart returning out of sheer generosity to nurture a struggling one, firm in principle and unbounded in warmth. To be met that way is grace; to learn to approach that way blesses both sides.