I Ching Oracle / Hexagrams / 50
The Judgement
Supreme good fortune. Success.
Transformation and refinement; hold your position and nourish talent.
The Image
Fire over wood; the noble one consolidates his fate by making his position correct.
This hexagram on ten matters
- WorkCAREER
- A vessel of renewal; make your position correct and consolidate your fate. This hexagram is about cooking good material into something usable — transformation and the nurturing of talent.
- LoveRELATIONSHIP
- A stable new phase. There is food in the cauldron, good fortune: with real substance inside, outside comment does not matter.
- MoneyFINANCE
- Real gain. But the legs break and the prince's meal is spilled — check the load-bearing leg first; one weak point can ruin the whole.
- HealthBODY
- The cauldron is about cooking and nourishing. Quality of food is worth investing in now.
- StudyLEARNING
- Good for systematising what you have learned. Yellow handles, golden carrying rings — the right tools halve the work.
- An examEXAM
- A well-prepared hexagram. There is substance in the cauldron; steady performance and a good result are likely.
- PeopleSOCIAL
- Good for promoting or being promoted. This hexagram is about nurturing talent, both recognising and being recognised.
- A choiceDECISION
- Decide. Supreme good fortune, success — one of the few hexagrams whose judgement is unreservedly favourable.
- TravelJOURNEY
- Go; it goes well. The cauldron is a vessel of stability — stay and eat well on this trip; do not economise on the basics.
- A lost itemLOST ITEM
- In the kitchen, near the stove, or wherever utensils and containers are kept.
The Six Lines
A cauldron with legs upturned. Furthers removal of stagnating stuff. One takes a concubine for the sake of her son. No blame.
A cauldron with legs upturned; furthers removal of stagnating stuff. Tip it over and empty the old residue. Clear the old before the new can enter.
There is food in the cauldron. My comrades are envious, but they cannot harm me. Good fortune.
There is food in the cauldron; my comrades are envious but cannot harm me. The good fortune comes from substance itself.
The handle of the cauldron is altered. One is impeded in his way of life. The fat of the pheasant is not eaten. Once rain falls, remorse is spent. Good fortune comes in the end.
The handle is altered; one is impeded. Once rain falls, remorse is spent; good fortune in the end. The blockage is temporary.
The legs of the cauldron are broken. The prince's meal is spilled and his person is soiled. Misfortune.
The legs of the cauldron break; the prince's meal is spilled. The worst line here: ability mismatched to position, harming both self and others.
The cauldron has yellow handles, golden carrying rings. Perseverance furthers.
The cauldron has yellow handles, golden carrying rings; perseverance furthers. Right tools and right method make the work light.
The cauldron has rings of jade. Great good fortune. Nothing that would not act to further.
The cauldron has rings of jade; great good fortune. The completion: firmness and yielding combined, nothing that does not further.
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.