I Ching Oracle / Hexagrams / 32
The Judgement
Success. No blame. Perseverance furthers. It furthers one to have somewhere to go.
Endurance comes from constancy of direction, not restless change.
The Image
Thunder and wind; the noble one stands firm and does not change his direction.
This hexagram on ten matters
- WorkCAREER
- Duration comes from constancy, not from seeking change. Stand firm and do not change direction — once set, stop revising.
- LoveRELATIONSHIP
- Stability is what this relationship needs. He who gives no duration to his character meets disgrace: inconstancy is the only misfortune here.
- MoneyFINANCE
- Do not keep adjusting strategy. No game in the field means moving the hunt so often that nothing is caught.
- HealthBODY
- Regularity over intensity. The best health advice this hexagram offers: find a method you could do for ten years, then do it for ten years.
- StudyLEARNING
- Repetition and continuity. Seeking duration too hastily brings misfortune — demanding depth too early is what makes it unsustainable.
- An examEXAM
- It tests long-term work. Switching methods is the mistake; continue at the rhythm you already have.
- PeopleSOCIAL
- Long relationships are worth most in this hexagram. The old friend matters more than the new one.
- A choiceDECISION
- Keep the decision you made. Restlessness as a lasting condition brings misfortune; wavering costs more than persisting.
- TravelJOURNEY
- Go, and go as originally planned. Last-minute changes do not favour you.
- A lost itemLOST ITEM
- In its usual place, or wherever you habitually put things. Go back to your normal storage habits.
The Six Lines
Seeking duration too hastily brings misfortune persistently. Nothing that would further.
Seeking duration too hastily; perseverance brings misfortune. The misfortune is impatience: duration cannot be demanded at the first step.
Remorse disappears.
Remorse disappears. Central position, and what should have been regretted is not. Two words only, because holding the centre is the whole answer.
He who does not give duration to his character meets with disgrace. Persistent humiliation.
He who gives no duration to his character meets disgrace. Persistent humiliation: the inconstant person eventually stops trusting himself.
No game in the field.
No game in the field. No misfortune stated, but clear enough: wrong direction, and persistence merely wastes more of it.
Giving duration to one's character through perseverance. This is good fortune for a woman, misfortune for a man.
Giving duration to one's character; good fortune for a woman, misfortune for a man. The same constancy produces different results in different positions.
Restlessness as an enduring condition brings misfortune.
Restlessness as an enduring condition; misfortune. Still oscillating at the end. The one misfortune here: wavering when it is time to settle.
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.