Hexagram 44
Coming to Meet
Heaven over Wind
The judgment
女壮，勿用取女Wind runs under the whole of heaven and a single soft line has entered from below. Meeting something this small can change the shape, and the part it changes is not the one you were watching.
The image
Wind moves beneath heaven and reaches the ground on all sides. A small opening is enough to let a season in.
The six lines
Read from the bottom up. A line that moves is read here, and read again in the hexagram it becomes.
- 初六Line 1
系于金柅，贞吉，有攸往，见凶，羸豕，孚，蹢躅
Wanting it tethered the moment you meet, like a beast tied to a bronze post; tied it holds, let loose it brings trouble.
Marked in the textauspiciousominous
- 九二Line 2
包有鱼，无咎，不利宾
There is fish in the kitchen; keeping it for yourself is fine, but serving it to outside guests turns it wrong.
Marked in the textno blame
- 九三Line 3
臀无肤，其行次且，厉，无大咎
The seat is rubbed raw, so sitting is no relief and moving is no ease; every step halts and drags. Caught between going and staying, the position is precarious, yet nothing grave comes of it.
Marked in the textdanger
- 九四Line 4
包无鱼，起凶
Reaching in to find the bag empty, and the very act of searching stirs up the situation.
Marked in the textominous
- 九五Line 5
以杞包瓜，含章，有陨自天
Wrapping a melon in willow leaves, keeping the good thing hidden inside while it drops down from above on its own.
- 上九Line 6
姤其角，吝，无咎
Coming to meet only the other's sharp corner, the contact is blunt and hard; stepping back lets it dissolve.
Marked in the textnarrow goingno blame
Where each changing line leads
Flip one line and it is a different hexagram. These are the six it becomes.
This page is for reference. To get a hexagram from six throws, cast your own.
The classical text is the Zhouyi, public domain, checked against a Wikisource transcript. The readings are ours. Daily hexagram