Approach in Transitions

If an ending has held you in a long cold season, this hexagram announces the thaw: the grief loosening, the weight lifting, the light returning as the earth rises above the lake. What was too hard to face in the depth of the winter becomes possible now — the last conversation, the final letting-go, the honest look back. Approach the ending, don't avoid it: come near to it in body and spirit both, with the image's inexhaustible tolerance — including toward yourself, forgiving the missteps of the hard passage without keeping accounts. And heed the eighth month without dread. The season's warmth is not permanent, so do the closing work now, while the light supports it, rather than assuming there will always be time.

For a new chapter opening under Approach, the conditions are turning firmly in your favour — you're more open, more visible, and what you reach for comes nearer more easily than it has in a while. Answer the approach: accept the openings, follow the warm threads, move toward the new life rather than waiting for it to be certain first. Line 1 shows the tide beginning and carrying you with it — good things arrive jointly, on forces beyond your own effort, so welcome the momentum. But keep your feet: don't let hope and excitement sweep away the principles and discipline that got you here. The season's only failure is deferral — assuming the warmth is permanent and spending it idle. Springs are for planting.