I Ching Oracle / Hexagrams / 55
The Judgement
Abundance has success. The king attains abundance. Be not sad. Be like the sun at midday.
Peak abundance, like the noonday sun — enjoy it, but it will decline.
The Image
Both thunder and lightning come; the noble one decides lawsuits and carries out punishments.
This hexagram on ten matters
- WorkCAREER
- Peak abundance, like the sun at noon. Be like the sun at midday — this is the moment, and noon is followed by decline. This fullness is time-limited.
- LoveRELATIONSHIP
- The best stretch of this relationship. Be not sad: enjoy it, while knowing it will not always be this.
- MoneyFINANCE
- Rich returns. But his house is in abundance and he screens off his family — earning much while closing yourself in is this hexagram's chief warning.
- HealthBODY
- Overspending is easiest at the peak. After noon comes afternoon; do not treat your stamina as unlimited.
- StudyLEARNING
- Peak output. Lines are coming, blessing and fame draw near — what you produce now will be seen.
- An examEXAM
- Preparation is at its peak. Seize the moment, but do not skip checking out of confidence.
- PeopleSOCIAL
- The polestars can be seen at noon: too much light obscures. Your read on people around you may be off.
- A choiceDECISION
- Decide now. The timing is at its apex; past it, the terms change.
- TravelJOURNEY
- Go, and it will be abundant. But do not fill the schedule.
- A lost itemLOST ITEM
- Somewhere things pile up; clutter blocks the view. Clear space first, then search.
The Six Lines
When a man meets his destined ruler, they can be together ten days, and it is not a mistake. Going meets with recognition.
He meets his destined ruler; ten days together and it is not a mistake. An equal meeting, and so worth continuing.
The curtain is of such fullness that the polestars can be seen at noon. Through going one meets with mistrust and hate. If one rouses him through truth, good fortune comes.
The curtain is so full that the polestars are seen at noon. If one rouses him through truth, good fortune. Sincerity is what opens the other's suspicion.
The underbrush is of such abundance that the small stars can be seen at noon. He breaks his right arm. No blame.
The underbrush is so thick that small stars are seen at noon; he breaks his right arm. No blame. He loses his working hand, and the fault is not his.
The curtain is of such fullness that the polestars can be seen at noon. He meets his ruler, who is of like kind. Good fortune.
The curtain is so full that the polestars are seen at noon; he meets his ruler, who is of like kind. Good fortune. Same image as the second line, different because the right person appeared.
Lines are coming, blessing and fame draw near. Good fortune.
Lines are coming; blessing and fame draw near. The best line here: yielding in a high place, and talent comes to it.
His house is in a state of abundance. He screens off his family. He peers through the gate and no longer perceives anyone. For three years he sees nothing. Misfortune.
His house is in abundance; he screens off his family. He peers through the gate and perceives no one. The deepest warning in the hexagram.
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.