The Clinging: perseverance furthers, bringing success. Care of the cow brings good fortune. Fire has no form of its own — it clings to what it burns, as light clings to the sun and life to its conditions. Everything bright is dependent; the judgment counsels docile acceptance of that dependence (the cow's gentleness), for radiance that honours what it rests on burns long.
That which is bright rises twice: thus the great person, by perpetuating this brightness, illumines the four quarters of the world. Clarity sustained becomes illumination for others — the wise tend their flame daily so it lights more than their own room.
Your power right now is clarity — vision, intelligence, perception doubled — and the hexagram teaches fire's secret: brightness must cling to something. Attach your light to worthy fuel: real work, real relationships, real conditions honestly accepted, because clarity pretending to independence gutters out. Cultivate the cow's virtues alongside the flame's — gentleness, acceptance, care of what sustains you. Tended so, your light is not merely bright but lasting, and lasting light is what illumines the four quarters.
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