I Ching Oracle / Hexagrams / 16
The Judgement
It furthers one to install helpers and to set armies marching.
Momentum and morale; ride the rising energy, avoid complacency.
The Image
Thunder comes resounding out of the earth; the ancient kings made music in order to honor merit.
This hexagram on ten matters
- WorkCAREER
- Move with the momentum; morale is high. It furthers one to install helpers — use this energy to launch and to recruit.
- LoveRELATIONSHIP
- A joyful stretch, though enthusiasm that expresses itself brings misfortune warns against getting carried away. Too much display makes the other person step back.
- MoneyFINANCE
- Opportunity to profit from the prevailing current. The source of enthusiasm achieves great things — riding the trend beats forcing your own.
- HealthBODY
- Good spirits carry the body along. But this hexagram also means indulgence; delight easily loses its brakes.
- StudyLEARNING
- Motivation is high, which makes this the easiest time to build a habit. Firm as a rock, not a whole day — act the moment you see the opening.
- An examEXAM
- Motivation is high; good for a final push. But do not celebrate early — premature confidence is the one misfortune here.
- PeopleSOCIAL
- You are infectious right now. Doubt not, friends gather around you — a sincere call is enough to draw people in.
- A choiceDECISION
- Decide with the current, not against it. Hesitation carries a cost here.
- TravelJOURNEY
- Go, and it will be enjoyable. Deluded enthusiasm warns only against letting it derail what matters.
- A lost itemLOST ITEM
- Lost somewhere you were relaxing or having fun. Recall recent outings and gatherings.
The Six Lines
Enthusiasm that expresses itself brings misfortune.
Enthusiasm that expresses itself brings misfortune. Pleased too early and too loudly. The one clear misfortune in this hexagram, and it lies in display.
Firm as a rock. Not a whole day. Perseverance brings good fortune.
Firm as a rock, not a whole day. See the sign and move at once. The good fortune here is entirely in speed; a day's delay is too long.
Enthusiasm that looks upward creates remorse. Hesitation brings remorse.
Enthusiasm that looks upward creates remorse; hesitation brings remorse. Waiting on someone above to grant the opening — and waiting too long.
The source of enthusiasm. He achieves great things. Doubt not. You gather friends around you.
The source of enthusiasm; he achieves great things. You are the origin of this momentum. Call, and people gather.
Persistently ill, and still does not die.
Persistently ill, and still does not die. A chronic small complaint. Not disastrous, not good: unresolved and simply continuing.
Deluded enthusiasm. But if after completion one changes, there is no blame.
Deluded enthusiasm; but if after completion one changes, no blame. Carried away — yet the line leaves room: change once it is done and it costs nothing.
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.