I Ching Oracle / Hexagrams / 53
The Judgement
The maiden is given in marriage. Good fortune. Perseverance furthers.
Gradual, orderly progress; haste breaks the sequence.
The Image
On the mountain, a tree; the noble one abides in dignity and virtue, in order to improve the mores.
This hexagram on ten matters
- WorkCAREER
- Gradual progress, like the wild goose climbing. Abide in dignity and improve the mores — each line is the goose one stage higher. It cannot be hurried, and it does not stop.
- LoveRELATIONSHIP
- Deepening in proper order. The maiden is given in marriage: formal, sequenced progress is most favoured here.
- MoneyFINANCE
- Steady accumulation. Its feathers can be used for the sacred dance — by the end, even the process has become valuable.
- HealthBODY
- Improve gradually; do not seek a quick effect. This hexagram's virtue is slow and unbroken.
- StudyLEARNING
- The best hexagram for long-term study. Step by step, apparently slow, each step solid.
- An examEXAM
- Most favourable for multi-stage exams — preliminary, second round, interview. Take them one at a time; do not think about the last stage while you are sitting the first.
- PeopleSOCIAL
- Build the relationship in stages. Eating and drinking in peace and concord: start light; depth need not come first.
- A choiceDECISION
- Advance in the established order; do not skip steps.
- TravelJOURNEY
- Go, and schedule it in sequence. This hexagram dislikes jumping around.
- A lost itemLOST ITEM
- It will be found gradually. Search in order; no hurry.
The Six Lines
The wild goose gradually draws near the shore. The young son is in danger. There is talk. No blame.
The wild goose draws near the shore; the young son is in danger. There is talk, but no blame. You will be gossiped about; it does not matter.
The wild goose gradually draws near the cliff. Eating and drinking in peace and concord. Good fortune.
The wild goose draws near the cliff; eating and drinking in peace. The most comfortable line here: firm footing and a settled mind.
The wild goose gradually draws near the plateau. The man goes forth and does not return. The woman carries a child but does not bring it forth. Misfortune.
The wild goose draws near the plateau. The man goes forth and does not return; the woman conceives but does not bring forth. The misfortune is skipping a stage. It furthers to defend.
The wild goose gradually draws near the tree. Perhaps it will find a flat branch. No blame.
The wild goose draws near the tree; perhaps it finds a flat branch. Uncomfortable but blameless: a makeshift place is still a place.
The wild goose gradually draws near the summit. For three years the woman has no child. In the end nothing can hinder her. Good fortune.
The wild goose draws near the summit; for three years the woman has no child. In the end nothing can hinder her. The lesson is endurance.
The wild goose gradually draws near the cloud heights. Its feathers can be used for the sacred dance. Good fortune.
The wild goose draws near the cloud heights; its feathers can be used for the sacred dance. The completion: step by step to the end, and even the process has become valuable.
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.