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Takashima Ekidan · hexagram readings
Takashima Ekidan · The 64 Hexagrams
Each hexagram with its original judgment, verdict and worked divination cases, in King Wen order.
- ䷀1
Qian is Heaven. Qian: sublime success; beneficial perseverance.
- ䷁2
Kun as Earth. Kun: Sublime success; favorable to a mare's constancy. The noble person who sets out first goes astray but later finds a guide. Southwest gains friends; northeast loses friends. Peaceful constancy brings good fortune.
- ䷂3
Water over Thunder, Sprouting: Sprouting: supreme success; favorable to steadfastness. Do not undertake undertakings; favorable to establishing feudal lords.
- ䷃4
Mountain over Water, the Covered Beginner: Success. It is not I who seek the immature; the immature seek me. At the first consultation, I give instruction; after repeated, careless questioning, I give no instruction. Beneficial to be steadfast.
- ䷄5
Water over Heaven, Xu: Sincerity. Brilliant success. Steadfastness is auspicious. Favorable to cross the great river.
- ䷅6
Water over Heaven, Conflict: There is trust; blocked and vigilant; good fortune in the middle; misfortune in the end. Beneficial to see the great person; not beneficial to cross the great river.
- ䷆7
Earthly Water Army: The Army: Correctness. The great person is auspicious; no blame.
- ䷇8
Water over Earth, Holding Together: Holding Together: auspicious. Consult the oracle again; supreme, enduring correctness brings no blame. Those who are unsettled will come; the latecomer brings misfortune.
- ䷈9
Wind over Heaven, Xiao Chu. Xiao Chu: Success. Dense clouds, no rain, from our western suburb.
- ䷉10
Heaven over Lake, Treading. Treading: Treading on the tiger’s tail; it does not bite the person［53］. Success.
- ䷊11
Earth over Heaven—Peace. Peace: The small depart and the great arrive; auspicious and successful.
- ䷋12
Earth over Heaven, Stagnation. Stagnation: The way of Stagnation is inhuman; it is unfavorable for the noble person to remain steadfast. The great depart and the small arrive.
- ䷌13
Heaven over Fire Fellowship, Fellowship: Fellowship in the open country; success. It is beneficial to cross the great river. It is beneficial for the noble person to remain steadfast.
- ䷍14
Heavenly Fire Great Possession, Great Possession: Primordial success.
- ䷎15
Earth over Mountain, Modesty: Success; the noble person has an ending.
- ䷏16
Thunder over Earth, Yu: It is beneficial to establish feudal lords and deploy the army
- ䷐17
Lake over Thunder, Sui: Sublime success; favorable to constancy; no blame.
- ䷑18
Mountain over Wind, Decay: Great success; beneficial to cross the great river. Three days before the beginning, three days after the beginning.
- ䷒19
Earth over Lake Lin: Lin: Sublime success; beneficial and steadfast; by the eighth month there will be misfortune.
- ䷓20
Wind over Earth, Guan: Washing the hands but not presenting the offering; there is sincerity, solemn and dignified.
- ䷔21
Fire over Thunder, Shi He: Progress; it is favorable to administer justice.
- ䷕22
Mountain over Fire, Adorning: Success; small advantage in having somewhere to go
- ䷖23
Mountain over Earth, Stripping: It is unfavorable to have somewhere to go.
- ䷗24
Earth over Thunder—Return: Return. Success. Going out and coming in without illness; friends come, no blame. Returning along its path, it returns in seven days. It is favorable to have somewhere to go.
- ䷘25
Sky Thunder: Innocence. Innocence: Sublime success; favorable for perseverance. If one is not upright, there will be calamity; it is not favorable to have somewhere to go.
- ䷙26
Mountain over Heaven Great Taming: Great Taming: Favorable to be steadfast. Not eating at home—good fortune. Favorable to cross the great river.
- ䷚27
Mountain over Thunder, Nourishment. Nourishment: Correctness is auspicious. Observe nourishment; seek the substance of the mouth for oneself.
- ䷛28
Lake over Wind, Great Exceeding: The ridgepole sags [133]. It is favorable to have somewhere to go; success.
- ䷜29
Water over Water, Repeated Water: There is confidence; the heart alone succeeds. Movement is esteemed.
- ䷝30
Li is Fire: Li: It is favorable to maintain steadfastness; success. Raise a cow; good fortune.
- ䷞31
Lake over Mountain, Xian: Success; beneficial to be steadfast. Taking a wife brings good fortune.
- ䷟32
Thunder over Wind, Duration: Success. No blame. Constancy is beneficial. It is beneficial to have somewhere to go.
- ䷠33
Heaven over Mountain: Dun. Dun: Success; a small benefit in steadfastness.
- ䷡34
Thunder over Heaven, Great Power: constancy is favorable.
- ䷢35
Fire over Earth, Advance: The Peaceful Lord uses the gift of abundant horses; three audiences in one day.
- ䷣36
Earth over Fire Mingyi; Mingyi: Advantageous to maintain firm integrity amid hardship.
- ䷤37
Wind over Fire, the Family: It is beneficial for the woman to maintain her proper determination.
- ䷥38
Fire over Lake, Opposition: Small matters are auspicious.
- ䷦39
Water over Mountain: Jian. Jian: Favorable in the southwest; unfavorable in the northeast. Favorable to see a great person; perseverance brings good fortune.
- ䷧40
Thunder over Water Jie: Jie: The southwest is favorable. There is nowhere to go; returning brings good fortune. If there is somewhere to go, setting out early brings good fortune.
- ䷨41
Mountain over Lake: Decrease. Decrease: There is sincerity; supreme good fortune, no blame, and it is suitable to remain steadfast. It is favorable to have somewhere to go. What should be used? Two sacrificial bowls are sufficient for the offering.
- ䷩42
Wind over Thunder, Increase: It is favorable to have somewhere to go; it is favorable to cross the great river.
- ䷪43
Lake over Heaven, Breakthrough: Raised in the royal court; a sincere proclamation, with danger. Announce it from one’s own city; it is not beneficial to take up arms, but it is beneficial to undertake a journey.
- ䷫44
Heaven over Wind, Gou: The woman is strong; do not take this woman as a wife.
- ䷬45
Lake over Earth, Gathering: The king approaches the ancestral temple; it is favorable to see the great person. Success; favorable to be steadfast. Using a great sacrificial animal is auspicious; it is favorable to have somewhere to go.
- ䷭46
Earth over Wind, Rising: Great success. It is beneficial to meet the great person; do not worry. Campaigning southward is auspicious.
- ䷮47
Lake over Water, Kun: Success. Perseverance. The great person has good fortune; no blame. Words are not believed.
- ䷯48
Water-Wind Jing: Jing: The town may be changed but the well is not; there is neither loss nor gain, and those who come and go draw from the well. Almost reaching it, yet the rope has not been lowered into the well. The bucket breaks; misfortune.
- ䷰49
Lake over Fire, Revolution: On the day of self-restraint, trust is achieved. Great success; beneficial to maintain firmness; regret disappears.
- ䷱50
Fire over Wind: The Cauldron. The Cauldron: Greatly auspicious; success.
- ䷲51
Zhen is Thunder. Zhen: Success. When thunder comes, there is fearful trembling; afterward, laughter and cheerful talk. Thunder startles for a hundred miles, yet the sacrificial ladle and wine remain secure.
- ䷳52
Mountain, Mountain: Keeping the back still, one does not gain the body; walking in one’s courtyard, one does not see the person. No blame.
- ䷴53
Wind over Mountain, Gradual Progress: The maiden’s marriage is auspicious; beneficial to remain steadfast.
- ䷵54
Thunder over Lake—Marrying Maiden. Marrying Maiden: Advancing is inauspicious; there is no undertaking that is favorable.
- ䷶55
Thunder and Fire Feng / Abundance: Feng (Abundance) brings prosperity and success. The king attains it. Do not worry; it is suitable for the sun at midday.
- ䷷56
Huo Shan Lu (Volcano Traveling), Lu: Small progress/success. Perseverance in wandering brings good fortune.
- ䷸57
Xun represents Wind. Xun: Small success. It is advantageous to have somewhere to go, and advantageous to see a great man.
- ䷹58
Dui represents Lake, Dui: Success, favorable to remain steadfast/righteous.
- ䷺59
Wind Water Huan (Dispersion), Huan: Success. The king approaches his ancestral temple. It is beneficial to cross the great stream, and beneficial to be steadfast.
- ䷻60
Shui Ze Jie (Water over Lake), Jie: Prosperity. Bitter restriction cannot be steadfastly maintained.
- ䷼61
Wind over Lake (Zhongfu), Zhongfu (Inner Trust): Pigs and fishes bring good fortune. It is advantageous to cross great rivers. It is advantageous to be steadfast.
- ䷽62
Thunder over Mountain, Xiaoguo (Small Excess): Success. Constancy is favorable. Small matters may be done, not great ones. A flying bird leaves its call: better to descend than ascend. Great good fortune.
- ䷾63
Water over Fire (Jiji): "Jiji (Already Fording / Completion): Small success. Perseverance brings reward. Good fortune at the beginning, disorder at the end."
- ䷿64
Fire-Water Weiji (Before Completion), Weiji: Success. A little fox, almost crossing, gets its tail wet. Nothing is favorable.