I Ching Oracle / Hexagrams / 44
The Judgement
The maiden is powerful. One should not marry such a maiden.
An unplanned encounter that will grow; check it while it is small.
The Image
Under heaven, wind; the prince acts by disseminating his commands and proclaiming them to the four quarters of heaven.
This hexagram on ten matters
- WorkCAREER
- An unplanned encounter that starts small and grows. The maiden is powerful, do not marry her — what looks minor will enlarge. Handle it while it is still small.
- LoveRELATIONSHIP
- An unexpected third factor. Checked with a brake of bronze, perseverance brings good fortune: brake early. Letting it run is the worst move here.
- MoneyFINANCE
- An opportunity that looks smooth but is not. No fish in the tank leads to misfortune — be wary of proposals thin on substance.
- HealthBODY
- Do not dismiss a small symptom. This hexagram is about the faint becoming manifest: what is easy to handle now will not stay that way.
- StudyLEARNING
- Something is intruding on your rhythm. Remove it early, before it becomes the pattern.
- An examEXAM
- Expect unfamiliar question types. Do not practise only the familiar; prepare some variations.
- PeopleSOCIAL
- Someone new enters the circle — neither clearly good nor bad, but worth watching.
- A choiceDECISION
- Be cautious; better not to decide yet. A melon covered with willow leaves: contain it, observe, then speak.
- TravelJOURNEY
- Feasible, but mind your companions and last-minute variables.
- A lost itemLOST ITEM
- Lost inadvertently, somewhere you passed through by chance. Recall places you stopped on the way to somewhere else.
The Six Lines
It must be checked with a brake of bronze. Perseverance brings good fortune. If one lets it take its course, one experiences misfortune.
It must be checked with a brake of bronze; perseverance brings good fortune. The most important line here: stop it while it is still smallest.
There is a fish in the tank. No blame. Does not further guests.
There is a fish in the tank; no blame. Does not further guests. You can hold it because it is near, but it will not extend further.
There is no skin on his thighs, and walking comes hard. If one is mindful of the danger, no great mistake is made.
No skin on his thighs; walking comes hard. Uncomfortable, but being unable to move is precisely what avoids the disaster.
No fish in the tank. This leads to misfortune.
No fish in the tank; this leads to misfortune. The tank is empty. You have lost what you had, and by your own distancing.
A melon covered with willow leaves. Hidden lines. Then it drops down to one from heaven.
A melon covered with willow leaves; hidden lines. Then it drops down from heaven. Concealed rather than displayed, and the benefit falls of itself.
He comes to meet with his horns. Humiliation. No blame.
He comes to meet with his horns; humiliation, no blame. At the outermost edge, meeting nothing. Humiliating, but blameless, because nothing was sought.
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.