Interpretation: Effort needs to be put in to initiate action. Fortune favors the bold, and change is beneficial. There is a need to initiate a process and break with isolation.
We should cultivate our socialization, because we cannot have all of the solutions to a problem on our own; we inevitably have to go through “others” on some level, and this requires that we make an effort to create connections and a network and break with our individualism and solitude.
We need to directly monitor our attitude and our negotiation skills, revisit our behavior, and realize that not everything is necessarily a good thing to say to everyone all the time. There is an art and a method for presenting things correctly, and there is a particular timing for doing so.
Conversation, empathy, perspicacity, and rhetoric are accentuated in particular, helping us to open up to what we are faced with (even “fear” at times) and welcome it in as favorably as possible.
Beware of tricks and manipulation, whether they be initiated by you or something you are subjected to.
Astrological points to pay attention to: There are many social Air energies here, and we find that Mercury, Venus, and Uranus are involved, as each of these planets indicates a different facet of the openness that is required here and of the need to forge connections differently.
Venusian energies are expressed quite a lot, and especially here in the sense of their rulership over Libra / the 7th house and their need for openness with “others,” including on an affective level, though not only in this way. Qualities related to diplomacy, negotiation, arbitration, mediation, all forms of conviction, and even seduction are highlighted in particular.
Uranian energies take effect more in terms of a global collective, in the sense of openness with a group, a plurality of individuals, not just face-to-face exchanges between singular people.
The planet Mars may also come into play as a spark for a process or an action; it lights the fuse that gives us the desire for this openness, so that we take a “first step.”
Remarks: This hexagram represents momentum that pushes us towards openness, like the germ of a connection, action, or process.