I Ching Oracle / Hexagrams / 45
The Judgement
Success. The king approaches his temple. It furthers one to see the great person. To bring great offerings creates good fortune.
People gather; call them with sincerity and prepare for the unexpected.
The Image
Over the earth, the lake; the noble one renews his weapons in order to meet the unforeseen.
This hexagram on ten matters
- WorkCAREER
- People gather; call them with sincerity. The king approaches his temple — assembly around a shared purpose is especially powerful now.
- LoveRELATIONSHIP
- Moving toward definition. It furthers one to see the great person, great offerings bring good fortune: formal commitment is favoured.
- MoneyFINANCE
- Good for pooling funds or group ventures. If in gathering one has position, no blame — you need a defined role and standing in it.
- HealthBODY
- Renew your weapons to meet the unforeseen: prepare while things are good. Protections built now get used later.
- StudyLEARNING
- Group learning works best. A gathering hexagram makes no sense alone.
- An examEXAM
- Concentrate your firepower. Focus time and resources; a final push works well.
- PeopleSOCIAL
- Gathering is this hexagram's own subject. Convene, and more people respond than you expect.
- A choiceDECISION
- Decide after gathering people to discuss it. If some are not yet sincere, trust needs longer to build.
- TravelJOURNEY
- Go, and go with others. This is a hexagram of gathering — the people you travel with are themselves what the trip yields.
- A lost itemLOST ITEM
- Lost where many people gathered. Ask the organiser, the venue, or lost property.
The Six Lines
If you are sincere, but not to the end, there will be sometimes confusion, sometimes gathering together. If you call out, then after one grasp of the hand you can laugh again.
If you are sincere but not to the end, there is sometimes confusion, sometimes gathering. The remedy is simple: if you call out, people come.
Letting oneself be drawn brings good fortune and remains blameless.
Letting oneself be drawn brings good fortune. If sincere, even a small offering suffices.
Gathering together amid sighs. Nothing that would further. Going is without blame. Slight humiliation.
Gathering together amid sighs; nothing furthers. Wanting to gather and failing. Going is still without blame.
Great good fortune. No blame.
Great good fortune; no blame. Four words. The position is technically wrong, yet fortune follows because people have gathered: the merit is in the people, not the seat.
If in gathering together one has position, this brings no blame. If there are some who are not yet sincerely in the work, sublime and enduring perseverance is needed.
If in gathering one has position, no blame. Standing is what holds a gathering. If some are not yet sincere, sublime and enduring perseverance is needed.
Lamenting and sighing, floods of tears. No blame.
Lamenting and sighing, floods of tears; no blame. Not dignified, but blameless: setting aside face when help is needed is correct.
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.