Interpretation: This process ends in traditional “pacifistic” solutions, which may be reached through negotiation, meditation, preparation, or arbitration, and there is also a notion of necessary confrontation present, a need to face things, confront them, fight, bring them to light, or even refuse them.
In some cases, this is a purely internal conflict that leads to psychological tension and a battle against oneself, requiring recentering.
In any case, the final result is uncertain: we don’t know what the result of the coin flip will be.
For all that, we also should not be warmongers, as whoever launches the first attack is primarily responsible for any tension, though they will also have surprise on their side, so we need to weigh pros and cons and prepare for war, essentially, as the adage goes: si vis pacem para bellum!
Astrological points to pay attention to: Symbolically, this leads us to astrological cycles with the Opposition aspect (which represents a head-to-head confrontation) and Square aspect (which represents something more lateral or even subterranean).
An opposition represents the middle of a cycle, and thus the point beyond which the planet can only come back towards the conjunction it formed at the beginning; it has gone all the way to the end, so it has reached a sort of peak, which may represent a rupture or things being brought to light, but it also then begins a phase of integration, once the tension has passed, in which the planetary energy has to find “softer” ways of being fulfilled.
The 7th house in particular should be analyzed, as it is also called “the house of open enemies,” and so this is where things face off with us and where we are subjected to the will of some external force or person.
The planet Mars should also be watched more closely, as it represents forces of confrontation, as well as the various forces of Fire.
Saturn may bring strategy to the table, and Pluto may bring a certain psychological sharpness, but these planets also represent a significant burden related to fatality.
Uranus may represent explosiveness, surprise, unpredictability, and the lightning-like side of action. Jupiter may for example represent a more legal aspect.
It is important to nail down the origin of the antagonistic aspect that is described here in the background, because the chosen response will depend very much on this.
Remarks: This hexagram represents a significant weight that we are faced with, a heavy load that weighs on our shoulders, leads us to be unstable, causes suffering, and eventually comes to an end.