I Ching Oracle / Hexagrams / 42
The Judgement
It furthers one to undertake something. It furthers one to cross the great water.
Increase flows downward; a season for bold, generous action.
The Image
Wind and thunder; if the noble one sees good, he imitates it; if he has faults, he rids himself of them.
This hexagram on ten matters
- WorkCAREER
- Increase flows downward; a season of real possibility. If he sees good he imitates it, if he has faults he sheds them — the energy here is fast correction and expansion.
- LoveRELATIONSHIP
- Growing. If in truth you have a kind heart, ask not: sincere goodwill returns most richly now.
- MoneyFINANCE
- It furthers one to undertake something and to cross the great water. Among the most financially open hexagrams of the sixty-four. Position actively.
- HealthBODY
- Resources put into health return best now. New habits have their highest success rate in this phase.
- StudyLEARNING
- It furthers one to accomplish great deeds. Good for launching an ambitious learning project; both intake and output are strong.
- An examEXAM
- A hexagram of great benefit. Effort now returns the most; a good time for a full push.
- PeopleSOCIAL
- One is enriched through another's misfortune, no blame — helping someone in difficulty returns enormously in this hexagram.
- A choiceDECISION
- Decide actively and expand. He brings increase to no one, and someone strikes him warns that taking without giving rebounds.
- TravelJOURNEY
- Travel far; it furthers one to cross the great water. This journey genuinely expands something.
- A lost itemLOST ITEM
- Help is coming. Someone will help you find it — you may even get back more than you lost.
The Six Lines
It furthers one to accomplish great deeds. Supreme good fortune. No blame.
It furthers one to accomplish great deeds; supreme good fortune. Lowest position, highest fortune — because what is above is giving downward.
Someone does indeed increase him; ten pairs of tortoises cannot oppose it. Constant perseverance brings good fortune.
Someone does indeed increase him; ten pairs of tortoises cannot oppose it. The king presents it to God: the blessing is large enough to warrant sacrifice.
One is enriched through unfortunate events. No blame, if you are sincere and walk in the middle.
One is enriched through unfortunate events; no blame. If you are sincere and walk in the middle — the two conditions, and neither is optional.
If you walk in the middle and report to the prince, he will follow.
If you walk in the middle and report to the prince, he will follow. Influence sufficient to move something large.
If in truth you have a kind heart, ask not. Supreme good fortune.
If in truth you have a kind heart, ask not; supreme good fortune. The best line here: giving and receiving both from genuine nature.
He brings increase to no one. Indeed, someone even strikes him. He does not keep his heart constantly steady. Misfortune.
He brings increase to no one; indeed, someone strikes him. The one misfortune in the hexagram: taking without giving.
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.