I Ching Oracle / Hexagrams / 13
The Judgement
Fellowship with people in the open. Success. It furthers one to cross the great water.
Open fellowship across boundaries; shared purpose crosses great waters.
The Image
Heaven together with fire; the noble one organizes the clans and makes distinctions between things.
This hexagram on ten matters
- WorkCAREER
- Fellowship achieves what individuals cannot. Fellowship in the open — widen the circle beyond your own clan.
- LoveRELATIONSHIP
- Shared purpose is the foundation here. First they weep, then they laugh: there will be a rough stretch, but it resolves.
- MoneyFINANCE
- Favours shared upside, not sole ownership. It furthers one to cross the great water — together you can do what you cannot alone.
- HealthBODY
- Social support has real physical benefit. Do not carry it alone; saying it aloud is itself effective.
- StudyLEARNING
- Group study works best. Organise the clans and distinguish things — find people at your level with the same goal.
- An examEXAM
- Studying with others works best. Widen the exchange rather than checking answers only within your own circle.
- PeopleSOCIAL
- The core of this hexagram. Be open, and you will find the supposed opposition is workable.
- A choiceDECISION
- Consult and seek consensus first. Fellowship only within the clan brings humiliation — asking only your own side skews the judgement.
- TravelJOURNEY
- Travel with others, and go far. This journey brings something real back.
- A lost itemLOST ITEM
- Lost in a public place or while with others. Ask whoever was with you, or the venue.
The Six Lines
Fellowship at the gate. No blame.
Fellowship at the gate. Go outside to find people. The first step must be outward, away from familiar ground.
Fellowship with people in the clan. Humiliation.
Fellowship within the clan; humiliation. Keeping to your own. Not a disaster but a narrowing, and in time it closes off new possibilities.
He hides weapons in the thicket; he climbs the high hill in front of it. For three years he does not rise up.
He hides weapons in the thicket; for three years he does not rise. Concealed hostility. Suspicion is the problem, and suspicion costs three years.
He climbs up on his wall; he cannot attack. Good fortune.
He climbs his wall but cannot attack; good fortune. Fortunate precisely because the attack fails — the one in the wrong stops himself.
People bound in fellowship first weep and lament, but afterward they laugh. After great struggles they succeed in meeting.
First they weep and lament, then they laugh. Separated, then reunited. Painful in process, but after great struggle they meet — the best outcome here.
Fellowship with people in the meadow. No remorse.
Fellowship in the meadow; no remorse. Gathering at the margins. No great achievement, but nothing regretted either.
The governing line
Nuclear · Opposite · Reverse
The nuclear hexagram shows the middle stretch of the matter; the opposite is the same situation seen from the reverse position; the reverse is the view from the other party's side.