Exhaustion and constraint, when your resources or options are genuinely limited. The hexagram's counsel is inner steadiness — keep your integrity even when your circumstances are compressed.
The lake is empty of water: the image of exhaustion, and of the need to draw on inner reserves.
Circumstances are genuinely constrained right now, and pushing harder against them may not help. Preserve your inner composure and integrity — that's what will see you through to easier ground.
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