I Ching Oracle / Hexagrams / 36
The Judgement
In adversity it furthers one to be persevering.
The light is wounded; conceal your brilliance and hold to integrity.
The Image
The light has sunk into the earth; the noble one lives with the great mass, veils his light, yet still shines.
This hexagram on ten matters
- WorkCAREER
- The light has sunk into the earth; darkness prevails. In adversity it furthers to persevere — this is not the moment to assert. Concealment preserves you.
- LoveRELATIONSHIP
- Something cannot be said openly. He gets at the very heart of the darkening: understanding it does not oblige you to name it.
- MoneyFINANCE
- Do not display your position. Veiling the light while still shining — discretion is itself protection now.
- HealthBODY
- A long stretch in a suppressive environment shows up in the body. If the situation cannot change, at least make sure someone knows how you are.
- StudyLEARNING
- The environment does not let you perform. He does not eat for three days on his wanderings, and still goes — persistence now is for later, and is not wasted.
- An examEXAM
- The environment is against you and you are under pressure. Keep low; securing marks matters more than chasing a high score.
- PeopleSOCIAL
- Someone does not want you to do well. You know; you need not expose it.
- A choiceDECISION
- Hold rather than advance. Any conspicuous decision now attracts trouble.
- TravelJOURNEY
- Do not travel far. Darkening of the light during flight, he lowers his wings — you cannot fly high right now.
- A lost itemLOST ITEM
- Somewhere dark or covered. Take a torch to under the bed, under the sofa, between car seats.
The Six Lines
Darkening of the light during flight. He lowers his wings. The superior man does not eat for three days on his wanderings.
Darkening of the light during flight; he lowers his wings. He cannot fly high. Three days without eating — hard going, and still moving.
Darkening of the light injures him in the left thigh. He gives aid with the strength of a horse. Good fortune.
Injured in the left thigh; he gives aid with the strength of a horse. Fortunate because help came in time, not because he endured alone.
Darkening of the light during the hunt in the south. Their great leader is captured. One must not expect perseverance too soon.
Darkening of the light during the hunt in the south; their great leader is captured. One must not expect perseverance too soon: having won, do not immediately overhaul everything.
He penetrates the left side of the belly. One gets at the very heart of the darkening of the light, and leaves gate and courtyard.
He penetrates the left side of the belly, gets at the heart of the darkening, and leaves gate and courtyard. The wisdom here: once you understand it, go.
Darkening of the light as with Prince Chi. Perseverance furthers.
Darkening of the light as with Prince Chi; perseverance furthers. Feigning madness to survive. The model of this hexagram: keeping your centre in a place you cannot change.
Not light but darkness. First he climbed up to heaven, then he plunged into the depths of the earth.
Not light but darkness. He has become the darkness. First he climbed to heaven, then plunged into the earth — the worst end here, and the deepest warning.
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.