Hexagram 55 · ䷶
Abundance. Success. The king attains abundance. Be not sad. It is fitting to see the sun at midday.
Judgment
Abundance. Success. The king attains abundance. Be not sad. It is fitting to see the sun at midday.
Image
Thunder and lightning both come, representing Abundance. The noble person decides lawsuits and carries out punishments.
Lines
When a man meets his destined ruler, they can be together ten days without mistake. Going meets with recognition. The curtain is so full that polestars can be seen at noon. Going f...
Abundance. Success. The king attains abundance. Be not sad. It is fitting to see the sun at midday.
Abundance. Success. The king attains abundance. Be not sad. It is fitting to see the sun at midday.
Abundance means greatness. Clarity and movement bring abundance. The king attains abundance because he is great. Be not sad. It is fitting to see the sun at midday: this means one should illumine the whole world. When the sun stands at midday, it begins to set; when the moon is full, it begins to wane. Heaven and earth in their fullness and emptiness alternate with time. How much more is this true of man, how much more of the spirits and gods!
Abundance means greatness. Clarity joined with movement creates abundance. The king attains it by honoring greatness. Do not worry. It is fitting to be like the sun at midday, shining over all under heaven. Yet when the sun reaches midday it begins to decline, and when the moon is full it begins to wane. Heaven and earth wax and empty with the seasons, how much more so human beings and spirits.
Thunder and lightning both come: the image of Abundance. The noble person decides lawsuits and carries out punishments.
Thunder and lightning both come, representing Abundance. The noble person decides lawsuits and carries out punishments.
When a man meets his destined ruler, they can be together ten days, and it is not a mistake. Going meets with recognition.
When a man meets his destined ruler, they can be together ten days without mistake. Going meets with recognition.
Small Image
When a man meets his destined ruler, their going is not a mistake.
Meeting destined ruler means going is no mistake.
The curtain is of such fullness that the polestars can be seen at noon. Going forward brings mistrust and hate. If one rouses him through truth, good fortune comes.
The curtain is so full that polestars can be seen at noon. Going forward brings mistrust and hate. If roused through truth, good fortune comes.
Small Image
The polestars can be seen at noon: there is darkness and light. If one rouses him through truth: his mind is opened.
Polestars at noon shows darkness and light. Rousing through truth opens the mind.
The underbrush is of such abundance that the small stars can be seen at noon. He breaks his right arm. No blame.
Underbrush so abundant that small stars can be seen at noon. He breaks his right arm. No blame.
Small Image
The small stars can be seen at noon: it cannot be continued. He breaks his right arm: in the end there is no help for it.
Small stars at noon cannot be continued. Breaking right arm means no help in the end.
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.
Curtain so full that polestars can be seen at noon. He meets his ruler of like kind. Good fortune.
Small Image
The polestars can be seen at noon: his place is not the proper one. He meets his ruler, who is of like kind: action brings blessing.
Polestars at noon shows improper place. Meeting ruler of like kind brings blessing through action.
Lines are coming, blessing and fame draw near. Good fortune.
Lines are coming, blessing and fame draw near. Good fortune.
Small Image
Blessing and fame draw near: there is something to celebrate.
Blessing and fame drawing near means something to celebrate.
His house is in a state of abundance. He screens off his family. He looks through the gate and no longer sees anyone. For three years he sees nothing. Misfortune.
His house is abundant. He screens off his family. Looking through the gate, he sees no one. For three years he sees nothing. Misfortune.
Small Image
His house is in a state of abundance: he screens himself off. He looks through the gate and no longer sees anyone: he screens himself off.
House abundant with screening off means he screens himself off.
What does Fêng / Abundance mean in the I Ching?
Abundance. Success. The king attains abundance. Be not sad. It is fitting to see the sun at midday.
How should I study Hexagram 55 on this page?
Start with the judgment and image, then read the line statements in sequence. When a man meets his destined ruler, they can be together ten days without mistake. Going meets with recognition. The curtain is so full that polestars can be seen at noon. Going f...
How can this hexagram be applied in a modern reading?
Abundance means greatness. Clarity joined with movement creates abundance. The king attains it by honoring greatness. Do not worry. It is fitting to be like the sun at midday, shining over all under heaven. Yet when the...
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