I Ching Oracle / Hexagrams / 40
The Judgement
The southwest furthers. If there is no longer anything where one has to go, return brings good fortune. If there is still something where one has to go, hastening brings good fortune.
The knot loosens; settle old matters quickly and forgive.
The Image
Thunder and rain set in; the noble one pardons mistakes and forgives misdeeds.
This hexagram on ten matters
- WorkCAREER
- The knot loosens; settle old matters quickly. If there is still somewhere to go, hastening brings good fortune — delay lets the knot retie.
- LoveRELATIONSHIP
- The misunderstanding can be cleared. Pardon mistakes and forgive misdeeds: letting go is worth more than pursuing it.
- MoneyFINANCE
- Old accounts can be closed. One kills three foxes and receives a yellow arrow — deal with the two or three things left hanging.
- HealthBODY
- A slack period after tension releases, prone to rebound. Deliver yourself from your great toe: clear the small stuck point first.
- StudyLEARNING
- The blockage has opened. Use the breakthrough to push the next section through too.
- An examEXAM
- The exam approaches and the tension is easing. This hexagram favours speed: while you feel relaxed, settle registration, admission ticket and travel early rather than at the last minute.
- PeopleSOCIAL
- Good for reconciliation. He proves to inferior men that he is in earnest — offer goodwill first; it will usually be returned.
- A choiceDECISION
- Decide quickly. If there is no longer anywhere to go, return brings good fortune — with nothing urgent, go back to ordinary life.
- TravelJOURNEY
- Go. Thunder and rain set in — departing now catches the moment of release.
- A lost itemLOST ITEM
- It will be found; the knot comes loose. Sometimes something attached has slipped — check linings and straps.
The Six Lines
Without blame.
Without blame. Two words. Just out of the difficulty, and doing nothing is the best action available.
One kills three foxes in the field and receives a yellow arrow. Perseverance brings good fortune.
One kills three foxes in the field and receives a yellow arrow. The good fortune is clearing a long-entrenched problem — and getting proof of it.
If a man carries a burden on his back and nonetheless rides in a carriage, he thereby encourages robbers to draw near.
A burden on his back while riding in a carriage; this invites robbers. The mismatch of position is itself the risk.
Deliver yourself from your great toe. Then the companion comes, and him you can trust.
Deliver yourself from your great toe; then the companion comes, and him you can trust. Remove the small entanglement first, and the right people can enter.
If only the superior man can deliver himself, it brings good fortune. Thus he proves to inferior men that he is in earnest.
If only the superior man can deliver himself, good fortune. He proves to inferior men that he is in earnest: your release is the demonstration.
The prince shoots at a hawk on a high wall. He kills it. Everything serves to further.
The prince shoots a hawk on a high wall and kills it. The completion of the hexagram: the moment ripe, one shot, everything furthers.
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.