Hexagram 29, Kǎn (The Abysmal Water): Line 3
坎卦六三 · 坎为水 · 中文版
六三:来之坎坎,险且枕,入于坎窞,勿用。
The line (Legge)
The third SIX, divided, shows its subject, whether he comes or goes ( =descends or ascends), confronted by a defile. All is peril to him and unrest. (His endeavours) will lead him into the cavern of the pit. There should be no action (in such a case).
Small Image commentary
'Whether he comes or goes, he is confronted by a defile:' - he will never (in such circumstances) achieve any success.
象曰:来之坎坎,终无功也。
In plain words
Coming or going, pit upon pit; danger ahead and nothing secure to lean on behind; falling into the deep hollow: do not act. The third line is weak, neither central nor correct, caught between two pits. The Small Image says in the end there is no achievement.
Applying it to your situation
If every direction seems dangerous, this line suggests stopping rather than acting rashly. Could waiting open a better way out?
Position
A broken (yin) line in the third place, which is a yang (odd) place, so it is not in its proper place. Its partner is line 6; both are yin, so they do not respond.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Kǎn changes into Hexagram 48 Jǐng (The Well). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·坎之井.
The hexagram
Hexagram 29 Kǎn (The Abysmal Water). The Judgment: Kan, here repeated, shows the possession of sincerity, through which the mind is. penetrating. Action (in accordance with this) will be of high value.
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English text: James Legge, The Yi King (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16, 1882), public domain, as transcribed by the Chinese Text Project. Chinese: the received text. Offered for study and reflection, not as prediction. Plain-English readings and position notes by this site.